The Coast Guard said at 3:30 pm on Monday, Chinese coast guard vessels numbered 14608, 14604, 14512, and 14603 navigated into Kinmen's territorial waters. After the Coast Guard dispatched three patrol boats the Chinese vessels withdrew at 4:37 pm.
China has initiated a series of influence campaigns against Taiwan ahead of the Island's inauguration of president-elect Lai Ching-te scheduled on May 20, reported Voice of America (VOA).
Once operational, this system promises to emulate the functionality of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite constellation, albeit on a smaller scale, according to Wu, who has been at the helm of Taiwan's space initiatives since 2021.
The revised guidelines particularly prohibit citizens from working at Confucius Institutes -- non-profit educational institutes funded by the Chinese government to spread the culture of China. These educational institutes have also come under suspicion as tools for political influence.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said that it detected four Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around the country between 6 am Wednesday and 6 am Thursday.
The Chinese dried chili shipments were all found to contain chlormequat -- a pesticide that can be used as a plant growth regulator -- at concentrations ranging from 0.13 to 5.27 parts per million (ppm), exceeding the non-detectable limit, TFDA Deputy Director-General Lin Chin-fu said.
China's ban on imports from Taiwan was imposed on August 3, 2022, just hours after United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taipei for a brief visit.