2024 Kinmen Chinese motorboat capsizing incident
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| Date | February 14, 2024 |
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| Location | 0.5 nmi east of Beiding Island, Kinmen, Fuchien Province, R.O.C. |
| Cause | Boat chase of a motorboat from Quanzhou, PRC fleeing a pullover by the Taiwanese Coast Guards while trespassing in the restricted waters of Kinmen[note 1]. |
| Participants |  Republic of China
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| Deaths | 2 |
The 2024 Kinmen Chinese motorboat capsizing Incident,[a] also called the 2/14 Kinmen Incident,[note 2][b] took place on 14 February 2024, when a boat of the 9th Brigade of the Coast Guard Administration of Taiwan (CGA) collided with a Chinese motorboat[3] which was trespassing and illegally fishing in the waters of Kinmen, Fuchien Province, Taiwan (ROC). All four crew members of the Chinese motorboat were thrown into the water, two of whom later died.
Event
The 9th Brigade boat attempted to pullover the unnamed and unregistered motorboat. The motorboat did not pull over, resulting in a chase, which ultimately led to the collision.[citation needed]
Aftermath
The two surviving crew members were detained in Kinmen.[2][4] The incident led to increased tensions between China and Taiwan, as China disputed the CGA's justification for the chase and the concept of restricted waters.[2][5][6] The China Coast Guard increased patrols in the area following the incident.[2] On 19 February, China Coast Guard officials boarded a Taiwanese cruise ship near Kinmen for half an hour, which drew criticism from Taiwanese authorities.[7][5]
At the end of February 2024, a conspiracy theory was discussed on Twitter that one of the survivors of the capsizing incident was not an ordinary fisherman, but a first-class sergeant in the Navy Submarine Force of the South Sea Fleet of the PLA named Chen Zujun (陳祖軍).[8]
See also
- Cross-strait fishery conflict
- 1987 Lieyu massacre
- Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident
- Min Ping Yu No. 5202
- 2016 Taoyuan bus fire
Notes
Explanotary
- ^ The Restricted waters of Kinmen are the restricted or prohibited waters zone drawn by the Taiwanese government, which the PRC has never recognized the legitimacy of.[1][2]
- ^ In English, the slash is not pronounced, so it is pronounced as "two-fourteen" according to usual conventions
References
- ^ "中国渔船在金门海域翻覆酿2死事件后 国台办：两岸不存在"禁止、限制水域"". VOA Chinese (in Chinese). 2024-02-18. Archived from the original on 2024-02-18. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b c d Taiwan Affairs Office (2024-02-17). "国台办：根本不存在所谓"禁止、限制水域"". 中共中央台湾工作办公室、国务院台湾事务办公室 (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ 戴志揚 (2024-02-16). "陸「三無快艇」翻覆2死！橫行金馬黑歷史曝光 漁民要海巡硬起來". 中時新聞網. Archived from the original on 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ "Chinese Coast Guard Boarded Taiwan Ship After Deadly Boat Incident". Voice of America. Agence France-Presse. 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ a b Davidson, Helen (2024-02-20). "China coast guard boards Taiwan tourist boat in escalation of tensions". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ Wu, Huizhong (2024-02-18). "China's coast guard to ramp up patrols near Taiwan's Kinmen archipelago after 2 fishermen drown". AP News. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "Chinese Coast Guard boards Taiwan tourist boat, triggers panic". Al Jazeera. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "他們隸屬南海戰區? 金廈翻船事件生還者遭起底 疑解放軍扮福建漁民". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
External links
- "臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例施行細則§42". 法務部全國法規資料庫 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2024-02-21.
- "海岸巡防機關處理大陸船舶未經許可進入臺灣地區限制或禁止水域案件裁罰標準". 法務部全國法規資料庫 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2017-09-22. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21.
- "不只禁限制水域 两岸治权争议有哪些？". Deutsche Welle (in Chinese). 2024-02-21. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
