China Coast Guard conducts law-enforcement patrols around Taiwan in line with one-China principle: expert

China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels on Tuesday conducted law-enforcement patrols in waters around Taiwan Island in accordance with the one-China principle, said a spokesperson.

CCG fleets carried out drills such as inspection, capture, interception and detention operations against unwarranted vessels, said Zhu Anqing, spokesperson of the CCG's East China Sea Bureau.

Taiwan is a province of China, and these drills are concrete actions to exercise legitimate jurisdiction and control over the island in accordance with the one-China principle, Zhu said.

According to Zhang Chi, a professor of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) National Defense University, CCG's operations have been a highlight during joint military drills surrounding the island of Taiwan in recent years.

"In the 'Joint Sword-2024A' exercises in the first half of last year, an important breakthrough was that the main battleships and battleplanes of the Eastern Theater Command closed in on areas around the island of Taiwan, acting in concert with CCG ships to enter so-called 'restricted waters' near Wuqiu and Dongyin islands for law-enforcement patrols. This has given a clear warning to 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces. Also, in the 'Joint Sword-2024B' drills in the second half of last year, there was another breakthrough – the CCG conducted patrols in the waters surrounding Taiwan island. These exercises have demonstrated the close coordination between Chinese military and police, as well as China's firm determination and great capability to lawfully enforce control over Taiwan island in accordance with the one-China principle," Zhang explained.

Zhang noted, "in the latest exercises, CCG's vessel formations once again conducted law-enforcement patrols in waters around Taiwan Island. The reason for it is to consolidate the situation where the PLA conducts routine management and control over the island of Taiwan and the outer islands according to the one-China principle."

China Coast Guard conducts law-enforcement patrols around Taiwan in line with one-China principle: expert

China Coast Guard conducts law-enforcement patrols around Taiwan in line with one-China principle: expert

Chinese stocks closing higher on Friday indicates more participation and broader confidence in the market, said China Global Television Network (CGTN) analyst Timothy Pope.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.02 percent to 3,940.04 points. The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.42 percent higher at 14,311.01 points. Also, the ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 1.35 percent to close at 3,563.12 points.

The rally can be contributed to several reasons.

"This week started with a rout for tech shares, but that pretty quickly turned into a relief rally. And it got another boost today from better-than-expected trade data, which had exports looking particularly strong, helped in part by the global AI buildout," Pope said.

He then said that there is no particular sector that outstandingly led the pack.

"The market has rebounded from Monday's sell-off, but investors still can't seem to decide which sector they should be chasing. The favorite can change almost by the hour at the moment, with uncertainty still hanging over the durability of the AI rally and the valuations of some of the big players there. Still, turnover was up again today. So at the very least, we're seeing more participation and broader confidence -- just in the market as a whole, rather than in any one particular sector or theme," said Pope.

China stocks rebound show broader confidence to market: analyst