Taiwan pushes back at China patrols with Coast Guard trip for foreign lawmakers

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Taiwan pushes back at China patrols with Coast Guard trip for foreign lawmakers

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Taiwan hosted foreign lawmakers on a Coast Guard vessel around sensitive islands near the Chinese coast to counter China's patrol activities, heightening regional tensions in the Taiwan Strait. This act underscores Taiwan's pushback against China's maritime presence and asserts control over contested waters.

ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10081, Taiwan Strait, July 9 - Taiwan's government took a small group of foreign lawmakers on a Coast Guard ship around sensitive Taiwan-controlled islands next to the Chinese coast on Thursday, pushing back against China's Coast Guard whose patrols have angered Taipei.

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