Chinese ship leaves after tense standoff near Taiwan-controlled islands (opens in new tab)

A Chinese coast guard ship left waters near Taiwan’s strategically located Pratas Islands at the top of the South China Sea on Sunday following a tense standoff and verbal sparring between the coast guards, Taiwan’s Coast Guard said. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a position the government in Taipei rejects. China […] The post appeared first on <a href="