TECO Honolulu's Letter-to-the-Editor "Taiwan Strait’s Median Line is integral to peace" published on Honolulu Star-Advertiser on September 21, 2022
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser published the letter-to-the-editor "Taiwan Strait’s Median Line is integral to peace" by Director General Michael Y. K. Tseng of TECO Honolulu on September 21, 2022.
Taiwan Strait’s Median Line is integral to peace
The Taiwan Strait Median Line was formulated during the 1950s. After decades of practice by the two sides of the Strait, the Median Line has become the boundary to which Taiwan and China enforce domestic laws within their respective waters and airspace to prevent military confrontation.
The Median Line is the foundation upon which cross-Strait and regional peace and stability are maintained and the status quo over the Taiwan Strait is secured. Nonetheless, such a status quo has been eroded by China, which since this past August has been dispatching warships and military planes crossing the Line.
China’s unilateral action is not only a threat to regional security, but also a disruption to international trade and travel. Taiwan will take necessary and proportionate countermeasures when it is deemed appropriate. As stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific stability, like-minded countries should stand together, condemn China’s flagrant disregard of international rules, and forestall its authoritarian expansionism.
