Taiwan coast guard holds drills

Aims to better face 'grey zone' threat

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Taiwan's coast guard held drills with the military yesterday to better practice joint operations in the face of what the government in Taipei says is a growing “grey zone” threat from China, which claims the island as its own territory.

Democratically governed Taiwan has repeatedly complained about activities such as undersea cable cutting and sand dredging by China around the island, designed to pressure it without direct confrontation. It is often Taiwan’s coast guard that scrambles first to respond.