00:00Taiwan says China's seizure of a Taiwanese trawler that was operating close to the Chinese
00:05coast might be an act of psychological warfare by Beijing.
00:09Chinese officials boarded and took the boat back to a port in China on Tuesday, July 2.
00:15They say it violated a summer ban on fishing and carried out illegal trawling.
00:19Critics, however, say the move is meant to further pressure Taipei.
00:23The boat was fishing in Chinese waters but near Taiwan-controlled islands.
00:27The Taiwanese Coast Guard says three of the five fishermen on board were Indonesians.
00:32Taiwan National Security Bureau Director-General Tai Ming-yen says it was unusual for Chinese
00:37officials to board and take control of a Taiwanese trawler.
00:41China views democratically governed Taiwan as its territory.
00:44It has ramped up pressure on Taipei since May, when President Lai Ching-teh took office.
00:50Beijing accuses him of being a, quote, separatist.
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