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Defense News · United States · US, UK, France, Germany issue first joint warning over China's coast guard patrols off eastern Taiwan
Reports that the four governments issued a coordinated statement warning that Chinese Coast Guard vessel deployments off Taiwan's Pacific (eastern) coast threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation. Describes the eastern-flank emphasis as significant because China previously concentrated coercive operations in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea to Taiwan's west and south; the eastern deployment cuts off Taiwan's potential naval escape route.
“US, UK, France and Germany raised alarm that Chinese Coast Guard patrols off eastern Taiwan threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation, the first joint statement of its kind.”