Taipei, June 10 -- Taiwan has strongly criticised China's latest maritime enforcement operation east of the island, accusing Beijing of attempting to expand its jurisdictional reach and destabilise security in the Indo-Pacific region. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) condemned the move as an unlawful assertion of authority in waters where China has no legal enforcement rights, as reported by The Taipei Times.

According to The Taipei Times, the controversy emerged after China's Ministry of Transport announced a "special maritime law enforcement operation" in waters east of Taiwan. Xinhua news agency described the deployment of coast guard vessels as a response to planned maritime boundary negotiations between Japan and the Phil...