Taipei, June 23 -- Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said on Sunday that it took measures that resulted in the departure of a Chinese coast guard vessel from Taiwan-controlled restricted waters near Dongsha Island in the South China Sea, as stated by the Central News Agency (CNA).

The China Coast Guard ship 3302 had entered waters to the west-northwest of Dongsha Island, but left at 6:10 am on Sunday after the CGA dispatched the 1,853-tonne cutter Hsun Hu No. 7 and the 5,919-tonne Yunlin to shadow the ship and issue warnings, according to the CGA's statement. The CGA denounced China's violations of the waters surrounding Dongsha Island, which has been designated as the location of Taiwan's first marine national park since 2007, a...