June 6 — China’s Ministry of Transport launched a special maritime traffic
law‑enforcement operation in the eastern waters off Taiwan, deploying the Fujian
and Guangdong maritime administrations, the East China Sea Navigation Protection
Center and the East China Sea Rescue Bureau. The operation is intended to assert
Chinese maritime administrative jurisdiction, strengthen deep‑sea patrol and
key‑waters traffic control, and safeguard maritime traffic safety and national
rights. Beijing said the action responds to Japan and the Philippines’
unilateral initiation of sea‑boundary delimitation talks east of Taiwan, which
it described as a serious infringement on China’s territorial sovereignty and
maritime rights.
