- China deployed a coast guard ship and an oceanographic survey vessel in the first observed coordinated approach to the Pratas Islands, which Taiwan called a provocation.
- The Pratas are an uninhabited national-park atoll in the northern South China Sea, about 400 km (250 miles) from Taiwan and viewed as a strategic pressure point.
- Taiwan sent coast guard ships and exchanged radio messages with the Chinese vessels, condemning the moves as undermining regional peace.
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