Taipei donates coastguard vessel to Manila amid South China Sea tensions

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Taiwan has donated a coastguard vessel to the Philippines, enhancing Manila’s maritime patrol capacity amid ongoing South China Sea tensions with Beijing. This transfer aligns with previous vessel donations to Pacific island states recognized by Taiwan.

Taiwan has quietly acknowledged donating a coastguard vessel to the Philippines, potentially adding to Manila’s maritime patrol capacity amid its long-running stand-off with Beijing in the South China Sea. Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration said on Wednesday that “this case” was being handled in line with previous transfers of vessels to the Marshall Islands, Palau and Tuvalu. Unlike those three Pacific states, which all maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taipei, the Philippines recognises...