China this week doubled down on the legitimacy of its intrusive maritime patrols around a group of Taiwanese islands just off the Chinese coast, heavily fortified but isolated territories that were once shelled during the Cold War.
The waters around Taiwan’s front-line Kinmen islands, just 6 miles from China’s shores, have been probed by the Chinese coast guard for two weeks, part of a new normal that experts say is designed to undermine Taipei’s authority, but which could also lead to a crisis if all parties do not show restraint.
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