China uses Typhoon Dolphin to assert Taiwan Strait traffic control, drawing Taipei's rebuke

China ordered ships transiting the Taiwan Strait to comply with its traffic control instructions during Typhoon Dolphin. Taipei called the directive "ridiculous." The order fits Beijing's pattern of asserting authority over the strait, which Taiwan's government rejects as falling under Chinese maritime jurisdiction. The dispute adds a geopolitical dimension to a storm already disrupting travel across three neighboring jurisdictions.