Tensions escalate as China's Coast Guard intensifies patrols around Taiwan's Kinmen islands, prompting concerns of a potential island seizure campaign. Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council Minister draws parallels to China's sovereignty-asserting patrols. The U.S. Congress is urged to address the CCP's influence and provide Taiwan with necessary defense weapons.
Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling, whose department runs the coast guard, drew a parallel to what was happening around Kinmen and China's regular sovereignty-asserting patrols around the Senkaku islets in the East China Sea. https://t.co/uV6SlVsRyP
CHM @RepMcCaul: “Xi is clear: the CCP will try to take over Taiwan at any cost. Beijing’s actions around Kinmen Island may be the start of an island seizure campaign. Taiwan must get the weapons it needs to defend itself. The CCP cannot be allowed to kill this democracy.”
Currently around Kinmen island: Small boat in foreground is Taiwan coast guard ship Big boat in the back is China Coast Guard ship Direct consequence of Taiwan coast guard ship ramming mainland fishing boat causing death of 2 fishermen: PRC now exercise its sovereignty in… https://t.co/fckjjXbplu
Even now, at roughly 09:00 local time, five Chinese Coast Guard vessels are out on patrol off the coast of #Kinmen. Looks to be a new normal. https://t.co/Ag62mD40i3 https://t.co/X2hDi3aMWu
ICYMI: Communist China is the greatest threat to America's sovereignty. Congress must take real action to address the CCP’s influence. https://t.co/oNMCXbTuue
#China's Coast Guard: The Tip of Xi's Spear In 2012, when Chinese marine surveillance vessels pushed the Philippine navy out of disputed waters in the South China Sea, Beijing learned it was possible to assert its sweeping territorial claims under the cover of enforcing domestic… https://t.co/KNl3GVXhI1
Analysis: #China Steps Up Gray Zone Warfare Around #Taiwan's Kinmen islands China has sent more coast guard vessels around Taiwan's Kinmen Islands, and the concern is that this could be a new normal. Via TaiwanPlus News. https://t.co/sq7YIqh7IA
The China Coast Guard is intensifying its patrols near the Kinmen group of remote islands controlled by Taiwan, following the capsizing of a Chinese fishing boat on Feb. 14 https://t.co/8ou6AYph17