State Council Taiwan Affairs Office: The DPP authorities have degraded themselves by bowing to Japan and the Philippines' serious violations and have become nation's disgrace.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a routine press conference. A reporter asked: Mainland China is carrying out special law enforcement actions in the waters of eastern Taiwan, and the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party authorities stated that the mainland has no right to claim law enforcement rights in the eastern waters of Taiwan for any reason. What is the spokesperson's comment on this? Spokesperson Chen Binhua stated that there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is a part of China. The maritime area announced by Japan and the Philippines for demarcation is located east of Taiwan Island, and China has exclusive economic zones and continental shelves in the aforementioned waters. Japan and the Philippines bypassing China and unilaterally initiating the so-called "demarcation negotiations" seriously violate international law and the basic norms of international relations, seriously infringe on China's maritime rights, and are completely illegal and invalid. Mainland China Coast Guard's law enforcement patrols in the waters east of Taiwan Island are necessary actions taken in response to Japan and the Philippines' serious violations of China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights, and will continue to strengthen control over the relevant waters. The Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party authorities' servile behavior towards Japan and the Philippines, betraying national interests and becoming a disgrace to the nation, has been opposed and denounced by compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, including Taiwan compatriots. Their attempt to escalate the confrontation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is just a way to shift pressure and deceive the public.