Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has spent the past few years drawing closer to the navy as it confronts China's gray zone pressure at sea. It now takes part in the milita......
When Chinese military aircraft and warships swarmed the waters around Taiwan in mid September, much of the coverage in Taiwan framed the surge as Beijing's answer to the island's o......
China's People's Political Consultative Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, recently ran an essay by Xu Xiaoquan, a researcher ......
On July 20, a Philippine vessel clashed with Chinese coast guard forces near Second Thomas Shoal — the same day the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting opened in Manila, and US Secret......
China has been systematically incorporating large civilian vessels — roll-on/roll-off ferries, bulk freighters, and hospital ships — into contingency planning for a potential milit......
China's coast guard vessels are now patrolling waters far east of Taiwan — beyond even the "ten-dash line" Beijing drew on its own 2023 standard map — and analysts say the operatio......
At 12:01 p.m. on July 6, a People's Liberation Army Navy nuclear-powered submarine fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile carrying a simulated warhead into the South Pacific ......
On June 27, Chinese and Russian air forces carried out their 11th Joint Air Strategic Patrol, sending more than 15 aircraft across the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the west......
Throughout June, Chinese coast guard vessels pushed into Japanese and Philippine waters on three separate fronts east and southeast of Taiwan, escorting government research ships a......
When Japan and the Philippines quietly announced plans to draw a maritime boundary in waters east of Taiwan, China did not file a diplomatic protest. It sent warships.Within days o......
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported on the morning of June 10 that six People's Liberation Army (PLA) vessels and ten Chinese government ships remained active in waters ......
Beijing's five-day enforcement operation inspected 198 vessels and mapped the seabed east of Taiwan — then state media declared the waters China's new "coastal sea."
China's mari......
On June 1, China's coast guard dispatched a two-vessel formation — the Baitashan (hull number 2304) and the Daishan (hull number 2502) — to conduct what Beijing described as "law e......
Taiwan's foreign ministry pushed back Tuesday against a bilateral maritime boundary deal taking shape between two of Washington's closest Asian allies, demanding consultation right......
Japan and the Philippines have announced the launch of formal negotiations to delimit their Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and continental shelf boundaries — a move that has drawn ......
PLA Military Activity Around Taiwan: Patterns Behind the ExercisesTaiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported at 9:27 a.m. on May 4 that only two People's Liberation Army (PLA) ......
