Taiwan

Diplomatic Protection

After the Myanmar military detained several foreign fishing boats for alleged illegal fishing that included four seamen from Taiwan and one from mainland China, a FM spokesman said China has urged authorities in Myanmar to protect the safety and legal rights of the fishermen. He declared that the Chinese government had always attached high importance to protect the security and legal rights of all Chinese, whether they were from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan. Later, China passed on the names of the four Taiwan fishermen to Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation.