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TAIPEI – Earlier in April, the Chinese maritime police said they would board and inspect cargo ships and construction vessels in the Taiwan Strait as part of a special three-day operation that alarmed Taipei. Officially, the move was intended to “ensure the safety of vessel navigation and ensure the safe and orderly operation of key projects on water”, said the Fujian Maritime Safety Administration. But Taiwanese officials and analysts viewed it as something else – a new grey-zone tactic, or a coercive action, designed to intimidate while stopping short of a conventional war. Launched just hours before Taiwan President Tsai...
