Taiwan says Chinese vessel activity jumps, raising fears for Pacific supply routes
Taipei says the 55 sightings in June were part of Beijing’s pressure campaign and plans live drills for a possible blockade or quarantine.
- Taiwan detected 263 Chinese coast guard, rescue and research vessels in June, with 55 government ships marking an 83% increase from May, according to Taiwan Coast Guard data.
- Beijing has increasingly deployed its coast guard to assert territorial claims through what Taipei terms 'lawfare'—efforts to create legal jurisdiction—after launching law enforcement patrols east of Taiwan last month branded 'provocative and expansionism in disguise.'
- China Coast Guard radioed merchant vessels for the first time requesting crew and destination information; some converted former naval destroyers now operate in pairs outside Taiwan's economic waters, straining Taiwan's limited coast guard fleet.
- In response, Taiwan announced live drills to practice responses to potential blockade scenarios and broadcasted instructions to merchant vessels to maintain normal navigation and ignore Chinese interference, with no ships altering course.
- Officials view the activity as rehearsal for severing Taiwan's Pacific supply lines from allies, with one describing it as 'using quarantine-like measures to carry out an anaconda strategy against Taiwan.
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