Taiwan says it told four Chinese coast guard vessels to leave restricted waters around the Kinmen islands. It's the first such incursion this month.
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00:00Taiwan says four Chinese Coast Guard vessels entered restricted waters near the outlying
00:05islands of Jingmen.
00:06You have violated the Taiwan region and mainland People's Relations Act, and entered our territorial
00:14waters.
00:15Your actions have impacted our territorial order and security.
00:20Please turn around and leave as soon as possible.
00:23Taiwan Coast Guard said it immediately dispatched its own boats in response to the incident
00:27on Friday morning and ordered the Chinese vessels to leave.
00:31The Chinese ships left more than two hours later.
00:33Chinese ships have entered water surrounding the outlying islands dozens of times this
00:37year.
00:38Taiwan's Coast Guard says such actions harm relations between the two sides.