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BEIJING, April 6 (Reuters) - China's Fujian maritime safety administration launched a three-day special joint patrol and inspection operation in the central and northern parts of the Taiwan Strait that includes moves to board ships, it said on its WeChat account. The move comes amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan, with U.S. House Speaker Kevin The maritime safety authority in the southeastern Chinese province said on Wednesday the operation included "on-site inspections" on direct cargo ships and construction vessels on both sides of the Taiwan Strait "to ensure the safety of vessel navigation and ensure the safe and orderly operation of key projects on water". Taiwan's Transport Ministry's Maritime and Ports Bureau said in a statement late Wednesday said it has lodged a strong protest with China about the move. It said it has notified relevant shipping operators that if they encounter such requests from China they should refuse them and immediately notify Taiwan's coast guard to render assistance. "If the mainland side insists on taking one-sided actions, it will create obstacles to normal exchanges between the two sides. We will be forced to take corresponding measures," it added, without giving details. Areas covered by the operation include the Pingtan Taiwan direct container route, the "small three links" passenger route, the Taiwan Strait vessel customary route, the densely navigable areas of commercial and fishing vessels, and areas with frequent illeg...

US military vessels in the Taiwan Strait in August 2021. The US said it would ‘continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows, and that includes … the Taiwan Strait’. Photograph: Us Navy/Reuters US military vessels in the Taiwan Strait in August 2021. The US said it would ‘continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows, and that includes … the Taiwan Strait’. Photograph: Us Navy/Reuters A subsequent report from The legal changes would allow troops to “prevent spillover effects of regional instabilities from affecting Russia’s invasion has raised fears in Chen Ou-po, a member of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive party, said he hoped China would not use the new laws to “act indiscriminately and invade other countries”. Blake Herzinger, an Indo-Pacific defence policy specialist, said he was inclined to think of the development as a maturing of the armed forces rather than something “particularly ominous”. “Creating the policy foundation for more robust PLA participation in China’s foreign policy might have bearing on the new bases some have indicated (Cambodia, Solomons, etc) but the PLA already has permanent presence overseas in a basing arrangement,” Australia’s defence minister, Richard Marles, told media that China was seeking to “shape the world around it in a way it has not done before”. “Our national interest lies in asserting the UN convention on the law of the sea, freedom of navigation, freedom of overflight in internat...

President Bill Clinton holds up his hands indicating no more questions as he and Chinese President Jiang Zemin hold a joint press conference in 1997 in Washington, D.C. Clinton confirmed that he agreed to lift a ban on the export of nuclear power technology to China. Joyce Naltchayan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joyce Naltchayan/AFP via Getty Images President Bill Clinton holds up his hands indicating no more questions as he and Chinese President Jiang Zemin hold a joint press conference in 1997 in Washington, D.C. Clinton confirmed that he agreed to lift a ban on the export of nuclear power technology to China. Joyce Naltchayan/AFP via Getty Images SEOUL — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plane touched down in Taiwan on Tuesday evening local time. Her visit sparked warnings from mainland China, and the risk of a fourth crisis in the area known as the Taiwan Strait. China sees Taiwan as part of its territory, and the visit by Pelosi — the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to visit the island since House Speaker Protesters hold signs and banners outside Honolulu's Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel, where Chinese President Jiang Zemin attended a luncheon with the mayor of Honolulu in 1997. The demonstrators shouted "Taiwan Yes, China No" as the presidential motorcade passed by. George F. Lee/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption George F. Lee/AFP via Getty Images Protesters hold signs and banners outside Honolulu's Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel, wh...

TAIPEI, June 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan's air force scrambled into action on Sunday after spotting 10 Chinese warplanes crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as the island's defence ministry said four Chinese warships also carried out combat patrols. This is the China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past three years regularly flown its air force into the skies near the island, though not into Taiwan's territorial air space. In a short statement, Taiwan's defence ministry said that as of 2 p.m. (0600 GMT) on Sunday it had detected 24 Chinese air force planes, including J-10, J-11, J-16 and Su-30 fighters, as well as H-6 bombers. It did not specify where the aircraft flew but said 10 had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which separates the two sides and had previously served as an unofficial barrier. China says it does not recognise that and has been routinely crossing it since last year. Four Chinese naval ships were also engaged in "joint combat readiness patrols", the ministry added, without giving details. Taiwan sent up its own fighters and deployed ships and land-based missile systems to keep watch, it said, using typical wording for how it responds to such Chinese activities. China's defence ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It has not commented on Thursday's flights. China has previously said such missions are to protect the country's sovereignty and aimed at "collus...

Key points: • Chinese military aircraft regularly regularly flying into skies near Taiwan, though not into its territorial air space • Taiwan says 10 Chinese warplanes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday • It says it sent up its own fighters and deployed ships and land-based missile systems to keep watch The action on Sunday was the second time in less than a week that Taiwan reported renewed Chinese military activity. On Thursday, 37 Chinese military aircraft flew into the island's air defence zone, some of which then flew into the western Pacific. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past three years regularly flown its air force into the skies near the island, though not into Taiwan's territorial air space. In a short statement, Taiwan's defence ministry said that as of 2pm on Sunday it had detected 24 Chinese air force planes, including J-10, J-11, J-16 and Su-30 fighters, as well as H-6 bombers. It did not say exactly where those aircraft flew, but it did say 10 had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which separates the two sides and has previously served as an unofficial barrier, though China says it does not recognise that and has been routinely crossing it since last year. Four Chinese naval ships were also engaged in "joint combat readiness patrols", the ministry added, without giving details. Taiwan sent up its own fighters and deployed ships and land-based missile systems to keep watch...