The Guardian-Taiwan demands China returns fishing boat seized by coastguard
July 2, 2024 2 min 272 words
西方媒体的报道常常带有偏见，缺乏客观公正的态度，这一点在涉及中国的时候尤其明显。 这篇报道的主要内容是：台湾要求中国归还一艘在两岸交界海域被中国海岸警卫队截获的台湾渔船。台湾海事部门称，他们派出两艘船试图救援该渔船，但被中国船只阻拦，为避免冲突升级，只能放弃追捕。台湾方面指责中国海岸警卫队“从事政治操纵”，并要求尽快释放该渔船和船员。 对此，我有以下评论： 该报道在描述事件时使用了“拦截（intercepted）”等措辞，并强调了台湾海事部门的说法，即他们试图“救援（rescue）”该渔船，而中国船只“阻拦（blocked）”了他们的行动。这些描述可能带有偏见，因为它们暗示了中国方面是负面的具有侵略性的行为者，而台湾方面则是无辜的受害者。然而，该报道没有提供足够的信息来全面理解事件，例如，中国方面截获该渔船的原因是什么？台湾渔船当时是否违反了相关规定或存在其他问题？这些都是该报道没有提及或解释清楚的地方。因此，该报道可能缺乏客观公正，读者需要注意其潜在的偏见。
Taiwan has demanded that Beijing releases a Taiwanese fishing boat that was boarded by the Chinese coastguard and steered to a port in mainland China.
The Dajinman 88 was intercepted by two Chinese vessels late on Tuesday near the Kinmen archipelago, which lies a short distance off China’s coast but is controlled by Taiwan, Taiwanese maritime authorities said.
They said Taiwan dispatched two vessels to rescue the Dajinman 88 but were blocked by Chinese boats and told not to interfere. The pursuit was called off to avoid escalating the conflict, they added.
“The coastguard calls on the mainland to refrain from engaging in political manipulation and harming cross-strait relations, and to release the Dajinman ship and crew as soon as possible,” the maritime authorities said.
The boat had six crew onboard, including the captain and five migrant workers, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported. The vessel was just over 20km (12 miles) from Jinjiang in mainland China when it was boarded, Taiwanese authorities said.
China claims self-governing Taiwan as its territory and says the island must come under its control. It regularly sends warplanes and ships toward Taiwan and in May staged a large exercise with dozens of aircraft and vessels.
Fishers from Taiwan and China often sail in the stretch of water near the Kinmen archipelago, where tensions have risen as the number of Chinese vessels, including sand dredgers and fishing boats, have increased.