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
China’s automobile production and sales rose month on month in May, with exports surging 68.7 percent from a year earlier, industry data showed Wednesday.
During the period, automobile production and sales reached 2.616 million units and 2.629 million units respectively, up 1.6 percent and 4.1 percent month on month, while down 1.2 percent and 2.1 percent year on year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
The country's automobile exports continued to see robust growth in May, with monthly exports reaching 930,000 units, up 68.7 percent year on year, including 446,000 new energy vehicles (NEVs), which more than doubled from a year earlier. The export volume maintained above 900,000 units for two consecutive months, data showed.
The NEV output rose 22.4 percent year on year to 1.554 million units, while sales increased 14.4 percent to 1.496 million units, according to the data.
NEVs accounted for 56.9 percent of total new car sales in May, further climbing from the previous month.
In the first five months, vehicle exports reached 4.059 million units, up 63 percent year on year. NEV exports reached 1.833 million units, accounting for 45 percent of total automobile exports.
China's auto exports surge 68.7 pct in May as output, sales rise
