Taiwan question brooks no external interference: spokesman

The Taiwan question is China's internal affair and tolerates no interference from external forces, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.

"The Taiwan question is China's internal affair and is at the core of China's core interest. Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese ourselves that no one can interfere. We urge certain people in the Philippines to refrain from making provocations and playing with fire on the Taiwan question. Those who play with fire will perish by it. We also oppose relevant personnel calling white black and making groundless accusations," said Guo, responding to a media query on Taiwan-related remarks made recently by relevant people from the Philippines.

Taiwan question brooks no external interference: spokesman

China Coast Guard (CCG) on Wednesday conducted law enforcement patrols in the Huangyan Island territorial waters and surrounding areas in the South China Sea.

The CCG said it has intensified law enforcement patrols in the territorial waters of the Huangyan Island and surrounding areas since the start of December.

In accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, the CCG has been exercising regulation over vessels engaged in illegal activities including rights infringement and provocation, further strengthening control over the relevant sea areas, and resolutely safeguarding China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, according to the CCG.

China Coast Guard patrols Huangyan Island territorial waters, surrounding areas