Author: Ethan Connell
Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration has recorded 10 China Coast Guard incursions into restricted waters around Kinmen and Dongsha between Sept. 1 and Oct. 20, six at Kinmen and four at Dongsha. The Kinmen incursions came on Sept. 8 (twice), Sept. 10 and 11, and Oct. 9 and 13.
At Dongsha, CCG ships entered on Sept. 7 and Oct. 17, 18 and 20, the last by CCG 3102 with its AIS switched off. The CGA also reported CCG patrols east of Taiwan on Sept. 3 and 29, between 74 and 146 NM off Green Island and Lanyu.