Maritime traffic banned on April 18 in area off Quanzhou
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/04/12
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – China announced Thursday it would hold live-fire military drills in
Chinese Navy live-fire drills near South Korea. (By Associated Press)
the Taiwan Straits on April 18, in what looked like an escalation of President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) aggressive stance against Taiwan Independence and on disputes in the South China Sea.
The statement on the website of a Fujian Province maritime department said that sea traffic would be banned on April 18 from 8 a.m. until midnight in an area in the Taiwan Straits due to live-fire drills.
The area was demarcated on the website as falling between four points on the map, namely 24-52.9N/118-50.0E, 24-52.9N/118-55.9E, 24-42.6N/118-55.9E, and 24-42.6N/118-50E, the United Daily News reported. The area lies north of the Taiwanese-held island of Kinmen, close to the coast of Fujian and near the city of Quanzhou. [FULL STORY]
