China Coast Guard vessels breach Kinmen waters twice; Taiwan expels incursions

Intelligence summary

Four China Coast Guard vessels—CCG 14527, 14604, 14531, and 14608—entered Kinmen’s restricted waters twice on Sept. 8, returning in the afternoon after being expelled earlier that morning. During the second incursion, the vessels split into eastern and western groups in what Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration described as an effort to disperse its response. CGA patrol boats conducted one-to-one monitoring and issued Chinese- and English-language warnings before all four CCG ships exited by 17: