Taiwan coastguard uses water cannons to warn off mainland Chinese fishing vessel

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Taiwan’s Coast Guard used water cannons to drive away a mainland Chinese fishing vessel near Dongsha Island on October 1. The encounter took place in the South China Sea, about 27 nautical miles east of the island, amid Taiwan-China maritime tensions.

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) used water cannons to expel a mainland Chinese fishing vessel near Dongsha Island, authorities said on Friday. The incident occurred on October 1, 27 nautical miles east of the Taiwanese-controlled Dongsha Island, also called Pratas Island, in the South China Sea, the agency revealed. The CGA’s patrol vessel Yunlin directed its water cannon towards the fishing boat Jin Sha’s wheelhouse for about 90 seconds after initially spraying water into the air for...