The Taiwanese Coast Guard has sounded the alarm that China is using a new method of aggression in its fight to reclaim control over Taiwan: sand.
According to Reuters, Chinese sand-dredging vessels are encroaching on waters controlled by Taiwan. The purpose of this is two-fold: first is to tie down the “island democracy’s naval defenses” and alarm citizens; the second is to remove the physical barrier that separates the two countries while damaging infrastructure in the process.
In the first objective, Taiwanese officials said that the coast guard has been forced to focus time and resources on the issue — necessitating money and energy which would otherwise have benefited the Matsu residents. For example, Taiwan’s navy has been forced to operate “round-the-clock patrols” to keep the Chinese vessels at bay.
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