“Taiwan is part of China”, says the Chinese navy’s warship during a meeting with the Taiwanese vessel

A video posted on TikTok apparently captured a radio exchange between Taiwanese and Chinese warships, with the latter claiming ‘Taiwan is part of China’ and ‘has no navy’.

According to the listeners of the island’s radio scanner, the conversation that was rarely heard on the marine emergency frequency was 156.8 MHz. The footage of March 21 was captured by a Chinese sailor and shared online nine days later.

In the 30 second video, Republic of China Navy warship ROCS Chi Kuang (PFG2-1105) audible hear Shuozhou (610), a surface ship with the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Baltic Navy, operating in the East China Sea.

A radio operator on the Cheng Kung-class frigate with guided missiles in Taiwan is heard saying, “Shuozhou, Shuozhou, this is warship 1105. Over.”

She adds: “Shuozhou, please break down the approach to our 24-nautical mile. Please pull away immediately.”

The response from China’s Type 056A Jiangdao – class corvettes, derived from a male voice that does not reveal a pennant number, says: ‘Taiwan 1105, Taiwan is part of China; the Taiwan area has no navy. ‘

“My navigation here is in accordance with Chinese law. Out,” he adds.

The exchange apparently took place in the seas north of Taiwan, outside the adjacent area of ​​the island. It is unclear whether the Chinese PLA made further movements to the Taiwan coastline.

User S.Lolo shared the track with Douyin on March 30 – the original version of TikTok released for the Chinese-speaking market. He did not respond to Newsweek‘s request for comment prior to publication.

Taiwanese military observers who have been watching the airwaves for the daily invasion of the PLA air force into the island’s identification zone have described the radio exchange as another facet of the war against Beijing in Taipei, which includes intimidating or threatening actions. of war.

Other coastal countries, such as neighboring Japan, have also expressed concern over China’s maritime operations in recent months, particularly since the introduction of the new Coast Guard law in February.

According to Jiji Press in Tokyo, two Chinese coastguard ships entered the waters of the Senkaku Islands controlled by Japan on Tuesday and tried to chase Japanese fishing boats before being chased away by the Japanese coastguard.

Following the 13th burglary this year, Japan’s General Secretary of the Cabinet, Katsunobu Kato, called the move by China’s maritime police absolutely unacceptable, the press agency said.

Last week, the Philippine Foreign Ministry issued a warning to Beijing requesting that about 200 “maritime military” vessels – armed fishing boats – be withdrawn from the Whitsun Reed area, which Manila claims to be Julian Felipe Reef.

China claims that the boats, which were set up neatly when they were taken in satellite imagery and taken by the Philippine government in March, are sheltered from ‘rough sea conditions’.

Manila is also investigating a separate incident after a local news crew said their boat was chased by two Chinese naval missile ships.