Taiwan Coast Guard clashes with illegal Chinese sand dredgers

Largest Chinese ship escorted to Kaohsiung

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/04
By Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Illegal dredging by Chinese ships in the Taiwan Strait (CNA photo)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taiwanese Coast Guard on Wednesday (June 3) intercepted a flotilla of illegal Chinese sand dredgers, including a 7,539-ton vessel larger than any of the Taiwanese ships.

Illegal fishing and sand dredging by ships from China has been a recurring problem leading to confrontation in the Taiwan Strait.    [FULL  STORY]

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