“Coast Guard numbers are limited, but the power of the people at sea is unlimited,” they said in a statement announcing the measures.
The coast guard called on the population, and in particular fishermen, to “remain vigilant in the face of abnormal maritime activities”.
But also to help them counter growing “maritime threats” as well as “all kinds of harassment tactics” known as gray zones, that is to say hostile but not open warfare.
The Taiwanese army reports almost daily the presence of Chinese warships around its waters, as well as sorties of combat planes and drones around the island.
In mid-October, the Taiwanese coast guard indicated that it had detected groups of boats of their Chinese counterparts around peripheral islands belonging to Taiwan, after Beijing launched military maneuvers mobilizing planes and ships near the island.
They then specified that they had arrested a Chinese national after a possible “intrusion” into the Kinmen Islands, located a few kilometers from the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen, in Fujian, but administered by Taipei.
