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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson

Taiwan accuses China of breaching international law over drilling

Two patrol boats pass stake-like objects jutting out of the water
Taiwan coastguard boats patrol along the coast of the Pratas Islands. Photograph: Reuters

Taiwan’s government has accused China of breaching international law by drilling for oil and gas inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and immediately demanded it halt the activity.

The statement from the office of Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, came after revelations first reported by the Guardian that several Chinese oil rigs and associated vessels had been detected inside Taiwan’s EEZ, near the disputed Pratas Islands, which are under Taiwanese control.

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