Question

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How China is using Sand Dredger as a weapon against Taiwan?​

Answer 1

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⟹ ᴜᴘᴏɴ sᴘᴏᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴀɪᴡᴀɴᴇsᴇ ᴘᴀᴛʀᴏʟʟɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴍᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴄʜɪɴᴇ ɢᴜɴ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴅʀᴇᴅɢᴇʀs  ʜᴇᴀᴅᴇᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜɪɴᴇsᴇ ᴄᴏᴀsᴛ. ᴀs ᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴀɪᴡᴀɴᴇsᴇ  ᴏғғɪᴄɪᴀʟs, ᴄʜɪɴᴀ ᴀɪᴍs ᴀᴛ ᴘʀᴇssᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛᴀɪᴡᴀɴ ʙʏ ᴛʏɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪsʟᴀɴᴅ's ɴᴀᴠᴀʟ ᴅᴇғᴇɴᴄᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀᴍɪɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇʟɪʜᴏᴏᴅs ᴏғ ᴍᴀᴛsᴜ ʀᴇsɪᴅᴇɴᴛs

Answer 2

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China is waging a new type of war against Taiwan through 'Sand Dredger'. In view of this, Taiwan’s civilian-run Coast Guard Administration is conducting round-the-clock patrols to repel the Chinese vessels.

While patrolling in Matsu Islands, Taiwanese Coast Guard Commander Lin Chie-ming was on the lookout for Chinese sand dredging ships that were encroaching on the waters controlled by Taiwan. After 30 minutes of patrolling, his nine men crew spotted two 3,000-ton dredgers that were dwarfing their 100-ton vessel and were parked outside Taiwan's waters. The names were not clearly displayed on the dredgers, making them hard to identify. Upon spotting Taiwanese patrolling boat armed with two water cannons and a machine gun, the dredgers headed back towards the Chinese coast.

As per Taiwanese officials, China aims at pressuring Taiwan by tying down the island's naval defences and undermining the livelihoods of Matsu residents.