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Taiping Island
Coverage of Taiping Island in the Nexus archive.
- UK, Germany and France express concern over Chinese maneuvers near Taiwan
The UK, Germany, and France have expressed concern over Chinese maneuvers near Taiwan. A Chinese vessel, 'Sansha Law Enforcement 301,' was detected approaching waters near Taiwan's Taiping Island in the South China Sea on June 11, 2026.
- 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.