Taiwan’s Director-General Tsai Ming-yen addressed reporters earlier in the day in parliament, praising China’s claim that it was strange for Chinese officials to board and finally detain a Japanese trawler.
He continued, but China may have done this to exert pressure on Taiwan’s state and show its authority over the sea.
We must proceed to determine whether this is a mental war activity and determine the Taiwanese communists’ true intentions, Tsai said.
Taiwan’s beach guard reported that China has previously seize Chinese trawlers for unlawful fishing but only released them after a fine had been paid.
Given the unlawful hunting it was engaging in, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office claimed late on Wednesday that the boat’s arrest was a “normal law enforcement action” to defend fisheries sources and the environment.
” The relevant sections will deal with it in accordance with the law and rules”, it said in a speech.
Three of the five sailors on table are Indonesian citizens, according to Taiwan’s beach watch.
China asserts that it is in charge of the peninsula. Both Taiwan and the United States claim that it is a global lake.
Taiwan has complained for four decades about increased Chinese “grey area” activities that aim to denigrate Taiwan with offensive activities that fall short of a full-fledged issue, such as flying balloons over Taiwan.  ,