00:00Taiwan's Coast Guard has sent five vessels to monitor Chinese Coast Guard ships amid
00:04ongoing territorial tensions.
00:07China announced on Saturday what it called a special maritime traffic enforcement operation
00:12in waters east of Taiwan.
00:14Taiwan's Coast Guard condemned the move, saying Beijing has no sovereign rights in those waters,
00:19and added that it had detected four Chinese vessels in the area.
00:23The move comes as China continues to ramp up great zone activities at sea.
00:28These include multiple recent incursions into restricted waters around Dongsha Island in
00:34the South China Sea.
00:35The island, also known as Protest Island, is controlled by Taiwan but also claimed by China.
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