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Taiwan Coast Guard monitors and expels four Chinese coast guard vessels near Kinmen

Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration reported that four Chinese coast guard ships entered restricted waters off Kinmen on Monday morning before being driven off around 11:08 a.m. Coast guard vessels deployed to monitor the four ships alongside in a one-to-one formation after they approached south of Lieyu. Authorities in Beijing have not publicly issued a statement regarding the movements.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw中國海警船
  • newtalk中國海警
  • ltn中國
  • epochtimes台海巡
  • pts中國
2 differing positions reported on location across 4 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw金門水域
  • newtalk金門
  • ltn金門水域
  • epochtimes金门
WhereTaiwan
24.367, 121.056 ±400 km
First reported12 days ago
Published2026-10-13 10:51 UTC
Occurred2026-10-13
Sources5
How this travelled.
Reports6Independent tellings5
5 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Taiwan Coast Guard monitors and expels four Chinese coast guard vessels near Kinmen. 2026-10-13T10:51:26.132Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5720. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-13/4-e1651ac3

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