Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities must bear full responsibility for any consequences arising from their provocations, said Zhang Han, spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.
At a regular news conference, Zhang said the Chinese mainland possesses sovereignty over the South China Sea Islands, including the Dongsha Islands and their adjacent waters.
"Law enforcement patrols by the mainland's coast guard authorities in the relevant waters constitute the normal exercise of its official duties. If the DPP authorities dare to provoke trouble, they must bear all the consequences arising from it," the spokeswoman said. A mainland coast guard vessel conducted patrol operations in the waters around the Dongsha Islands on Friday. The DPP authorities claimed that the vessel had entered the so-called restricted waters surrounding the islands, triggering a standoff between vessels from the two sides.
Taiwan's DPP warned over Dongsha Islands maritime standoff
An endangered Indochinese gray langur has been captured on infrared camera in a nature reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province, highlighting continued improvement in the area's biodiversity and conservation efforts.
Reserve staff recently discovered the footage while reviewing camera-trap data collected in a provincial nature reserve in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Pu'er City.
The video shows the langur climbing onto vine-covered branches with its long tail hanging below before pausing to scan its surroundings. After confirming the area was safe, the animal relaxed and remained perched in the forest canopy.
The Indochinese gray langur is listed as an endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List and is under China's first-class state protection.
Local authorities say strengthened habitat protection and management in recent years have steadily improved the local ecological environment. In addition to the rare langur, other protected wildlife, such as slow lorises, silver pheasants and red junglefowl, have also been recorded in the reserve, reflecting the recovery of local biodiversity.
Rare Indochinese grey langur spotted in Yunnan nature reserve
