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China's actions risk creation of new status quo, Taiwan official says

Taiwan says China’s gray-zone patrols could force shipping routes and insurers to adjust as 110 vessels were tracked along the First Island Chain, officials said.

  • On Wednesday, National Security Council deputy secretary-general Lii Wen warned that China's "authoritarian expansionism" will persist without global action, describing Beijing's strategy as "incremental salami slicing."
  • Lii told an international forum that China is "constantly pushing the limits" to "transform international waterways into internal waters" using military, coast guard, and maritime militia vessels.
  • Ocean Affairs Minister Kuan Bi-ling told the forum that Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines face the "same pattern of actions" deliberately controlled to remain below conventional warfare thresholds.
  • Rejecting the patrol, Ocean Affairs Deputy Minister Sung Chen-en noted the waters are "within our exclusive economic zone," while US Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth urged continued international transits.
  • As Chinese ships regularly ply the East China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea, Kuan said international partners need a "shared understanding of the status quo" before the next crisis.
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Free Malaysia Today News broke the news in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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