00:00Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council Minister says Beijing has upped its grey zone activities in the waters around Taiwan.
00:07She points to a high number of Chinese vessels that the Coast Guard tracked last year.
00:34Taiwan's Coast Guard is on the front lines of countering China's maritime grey zone tactics.
00:40These are coercive actions that stop short of open conflict.
00:44The Coast Guard is increasingly turning to drones to boost its defence capabilities as it faces much larger Chinese forces
00:52at sea.
00:53But the minister says a hold-up in the government's proposed special defence budget could complicate those efforts.
01:25The Minister is calling on lawmakers to back President Lai's
01:29record US$40bn special defence budget.
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