Chinese government says it wants Taiwan to punish those responsible for capsizing fishing boat. China seems to be trying to justify its pressure on the Democratic Progressive Party government by repeatedly claiming that Taiwan is at fault.

On the 14th of this month, a Chinese fishing boat capsized on the coast of Kinmen Island, a remote Taiwanese island located near Xiamen in Fujian Province in southern China. Two people were killed in the accident, during a crackdown by Taiwanese authorities, killing two people.