台北——台湾海岸巡防署表示，中国海警局最新在台湾东海岸执行巡逻任务，正在骚扰航运，并试图行使虚构的管辖权，台湾方面已派出本国舰船进行监视。
Taipei – The China Coast Guard is harassing shipping with its latest patrol off Taiwan’s east coast and trying to exert a fictional jurisdiction, the Taiwanese Coast Guard said, adding it had sent its own ships to keep watch.
中国视台湾为其领土，自6月起通过定期海警巡逻，加强了在该岛东海岸的活动。拒绝北京主权主张的台湾官员表示，他们认为中国正在利用重叠的军事、准军事和民用资产，为潜在的海上封锁进行演练。
China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up activity off the island’s east coast since June with regular coast guard patrols. Officials in Taiwan, which rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, say they believe China is practicing for a potential maritime blockade using overlapping military, paramilitary and civilian assets.
台北认为，其东海岸海域对于封锁或冲突发生时，来自盟友的战时补给路线至关重要。中国不承认台湾的任何主权主张。
Taipei regards the area off its east coast as critical to wartime supply routes from allies in the event of a blockade or conflict. China recognizes no claims of sovereignty by Taiwan.
针对中国周六晚间宣布其最新一次东海岸巡逻，台湾海岸巡防署表示，涉及两艘中国船只，台湾已派出本国力量进行监视。
Responding late Saturday to China’s announcement of its latest east coast patrol, the Taiwan Coast Guard said two Chinese ships were involved and it had sent its own forces to monitor.
中国官方媒体展示了其中一艘船发出的无线电信息视频，称正在执行执法任务，并表示如有需要可提供帮助。
Chinese state media showed video of one of its ships broadcasting a radio message that it was carrying out law enforcement and offering help should any be needed.
报道未说明该信息是向谁发出的，但展示了一艘未识别拖网渔船的画面。
It did not say who the message was broadcast at, but showed footage of an unidentified fishing trawler.
台湾海岸巡防署表示，中国“通过无线电通信试图在海上骚扰船只的行为，明显是权力的扩张，违反国际法，破坏地区和平与稳定，且背离现实。”该署补充道：“我国对台湾以东专属经济区拥有主权权利和管辖权，中国对台湾任何水域绝无管辖权。”
The Taiwan Coast Guard said China’s “attempts to harass ships at sea through radio communications are a clear expansion of power that violate international law, undermine regional peace and stability, and deviate from reality.”“Our country holds sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the exclusive economic zone east of Taiwan, and China has absolutely no jurisdiction over any of Taiwan’s waters,” it added.
台湾海岸巡防署另在一份声明中表示，中国周六还派遣另一艘海警船舰，靠近由台湾控制的南沙群岛中的太平岛（即南沙群岛中的太平岛，位于南海北端，战略位置重要）。
China on Saturday also sent another coast guard ship close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands, which are strategically located at the top of the South China Sea, the Taiwan Coast Guard said separately.
台湾海岸巡防署补充称，截至今年，台湾已13次“驱离”中国海警船舰进入太平岛海域。
Taiwan has so far this year “expelled” Chinese coast guard vessels from Pratas waters 13 times, it added.
东沙群岛没有常住平民，大致位于台湾南部与香港之间。安全专家认为，由于距离台湾超过400公里（250英里），东沙群岛容易遭到中国攻击。
The Pratas have no permanent civilian population and lie roughly between southern Taiwan and Hong Kong. Security experts see them as vulnerable to Chinese attack due to their distance — more than 400 kilometers (250 miles) — from Taiwan.