Taiwan CGA shadows 2 China Coast Guard vessels east of Green Island in contested EEZ waters

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration is monitoring two China Coast Guard vessels operating east of Green Island in waters where the EEZ claims of Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines overlap. The patrol vessel Chi An was dispatched to shadow CCG vessels Putuoshan and Daishan, operating 105 and 74 nm east of Green Island, respectively. The CGA rejected Beijing’s description of the deployments as “routine law-enforcement patrols,” characterizing them as part of China’s expanding presence and cogniti