Taiwan says 兵士 who went 行方不明の has been 設立する in 中国

TAIPEI, March 13 (Reuters) - A Taiwanese 兵士 serving on an islet の近くに to the Chinese coast who went 行方不明の last week has been 設立する in 中国, a 上級の Taiwan 大臣 said on Monday, an 出来事/事件 that has happened まっただ中に 高くする,増すd 緊張s.

Taiwan's defence 省 said on Thursday that the 兵士 had failed to 報告(する)/憶測 for roll-call on Erdan islet, part of the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen group of islands that 嘘(をつく) 近づく the Chinese city of Xiamen.

Speaking to reporters in 議会, Chiu Tai-san, 長,率いる of Taiwan's 中国-政策 making 本土/大陸 事件/事情/状勢s 会議, said the 兵士 was in 中国.

"It's 確認するd that he is in the 本土/大陸. The defence 省 and 関連した departments are 活発に aware of the 関連した 進歩 and 状況/情勢," he said.

"The defence 省 has their 関連した 機械装置s for identifying 見捨てる人/脱走兵s," Chiu 追加するd.

The defence 省 拒絶する/低下するd to comment. 中国's Taiwan 事件/事情/状勢s Office did not すぐに 答える/応じる to a request for comment.

中国, which 見解(をとる)s Taiwan as its own 領土, has over the past three years stepped up its 軍の and political 圧力 to try and get Taiwan to 受託する Chinese 主権,独立. Taiwan's 政府 拒絶するs those (人命などを)奪う,主張するs.

During the 高さ of the 冷淡な War, defectors from both 味方するs would on occasion swim between 中国 and Kinmen.

At its nearest point, from the Mashan 観察 地位,任命する, the main island of Kinmen is at low tide いっそう少なく than 2km (1.6 miles) from Chinese-controlled 領土.

It was from there former World Bank 長,指導者 経済学者 Justin Lin swam across to defect to 中国 in 1979.

Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, 同様に as the Matsu islands fu rther up the Chinese coast, since the 共和国 of 中国 政府 fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with the 共産主義者s, who 設立するd the People's 共和国 of 中国.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Jeanny Kao and Ben Blanchard. Editing by Gerry Doyle)

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