Technicians on Chinese research vessel Kexue, or Science translated literally, lower the TV grab bucket into the sea for taking rock and sediment samples at the Magellan Seamounts in the West Pacific on March 27, 2018. The vessel left the eastern city of Qingdao on March 10 on an expedition to the seamounts. With 80 people on board, the vessel is expected to return in late April. The Magellan chain consists of more than 10 large tablemounts. [Photo/Xinhua] debossed-wristbandembossed-wristbandwristbands for eventsdual-layer-wristband
Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. [Photo/Chinanews.com] The mainland firmly opposes any form of official exchanges or military ties between the United States and Taiwan after a US Navy research vessel docked at Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan on Monday, a mainland official said on Wednesday.Our position is consistent and clear as always, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, told a regular news conference.The island's military authorities said on Tuesday that the US vessel is unrelated to military activity, and it is visiting Taiwan for joint scientific research with a Taiwan university.
