China has ordered inspections for ships in the Taiwan Strait, but Taiwan's maritime authority has instructed ships to ignore the order and contact the coast guard if approached.
announced a three-day series of patrols in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, ordering that any ships in the area stop for inspection or even boarding.
The areas impacted by China's inspection order could impact passenger and fishing vessels as well as commercial and shipping vessels. "[Intimidation is] what they do," McCaul, R-Texas, told Fox News' Aishah Hasnie."And we're not going to be deterred by this intimidation if the PRC, communist China, decides to start blocking the Taiwan Straits, that is an act of aggression. And I believe it's not it is not sustainable or acceptable."
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