Taiwan minister’s visit to Spratlys: a page out of China’s ‘gray zone’ playbook

Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling visited Taiping Island in the disputed Spratly Islands, overseeing exercises framed as humanitarian operations that included armed coast guard drills. The visit represents Taiwan's adoption of China's 'gray zone' tactics to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea without direct military escalation.