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China’s coastguard

China’s coastguard
Latest news and updates on China’s coastguard. The paramilitary force, which is used mainly for search and rescue and other maritime policing functions, has been on the front line of tensions in the East and South China seas.
The Diaoyus, known in Japan as the Senkakus, comprise five uninhabited islets and three reefs, located 169km east of Taiwan and 409km west of Okinawa. Photo: Kyodo
China-Japan relations

China coastguard drives off Japanese fishing boats in escalating island dispute

Tokyo accuses Beijing of stoking tensions after Chinese ships expel four vessels from the vicinity of the Diaoyu Islands.

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China-South Korea relations

Yellow Sea stand-off over ‘steel structure’ raises China-South Korean tensions

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South China Sea

Spotting of China’s new Z-20 helicopter model suggests coming coastguard role

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Taiwan

Mainland China’s Taiwan military presence

This three-part series looks at how Beijing is using its military and coast guard to put pressure on Taipei.

Mainland China’s Taiwan military presence
Taiwan

Why mainland China’s ‘second navy’ is becoming increasingly active around Taiwan

As well as stepping up patrols, coastguards are training with the navy triggering speculation about their role in any attack on the island.

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Taiwan

US personnel seen training elite Taiwanese coastguard unit: report

Witnesses say the American personnel were aboard three vessels over two days off the southern city of Kaohsiung.

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The Philippines

US pledges millions to Philippine coastguard over ‘shared maritime concerns’

Without naming Beijing, long-time allies discuss ways for ‘two sides to jointly address current challenges’, especially in South China Sea.

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Philippine marines aboard their patrol boat man machine guns during a joint exercise with their US and South Korean counterparts in Cavite province west of Manila on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

US coastguard eyes China, Russia in making Indo-Pacific a ‘top’ priority

Geostrategic importance and criticality to global trade cited amid ‘active’ cooperation this year between Beijing and Moscow in Arctic Ocean.

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China-Russia relations

Chinese and Russian coastguard chiefs call for more cooperation on ‘far seas’

Talks in Beijing follow joint patrols in Arctic and northern Pacific oceans last month.

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China-Japan relations

China says it drove away Japanese fishing boat from waters near Diaoyu Islands

Vessel ‘illegally entered’ the country’s territorial waters and was warned to leave, according to Chinese coastguard.

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The Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea – known as the Senkakus in Japan – have long been a flashpoint in relations. Photo: Kyodo
China-Russia relations

What does China’s coastguard patrol with Russia reveal about its Arctic aims?

Analysts say mission underscores China’s view that non-Arctic nations ‘have the right to engage in civilian operations’ in the area.

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Chinese state media has released images to mark its first coastguard patrol in the Arctic in a joint exercise with Russia. China says it is a “near-Arctic state” and has the right to patrol. Photo: Weibo/央视军事
China-Russia relations

China, Russia coastguards on Arctic mission, with new shipping routes on horizon

Maritime personnel put through their paces in the Sea of Japan as melting ice opens up potential for sea lanes.

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South China Sea

Why Philippine warning of South China Sea war may not be cause for serious alarm

Manila’s defence chief said towing away a grounded ship would be an act of war, but one analyst said that is ‘not a good option’ for China.

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China’s military

Chinese coastguard set to get new ship modelled on advanced destroyer

The ship is equipped with an advanced naval air search radar and is expected to be deployed in the East and South China Seas.

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Artists’ illustration of a destroyer and coastguard ship modelled on the Type 052D. Photo: Guancha.cn
China’s military

Is China’s coastguard about to go big offshore with new ocean-going mothership?

The vessel was one of the attractions in a show of freshly acquired tech that also included underwater drones.

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The China Coast Guard is facing challenges on a series of fronts, including in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP
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China’s coastguard faces ‘unprecedented strain’ as tensions rise on 3 fronts

The force is expanding its fleet rapidly as it confronts major challenges – especially from the Philippines in the South China Sea.

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South China Sea

Philippine troops on disputed reef pointed guns at coastguards, China report says

Footage released by the state broadcaster CCTV appears to show troops stationed on a grounded warship pointing rifles at a Chinese vessel.

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Taiwan

Mainland Chinese coastguard keeps up pressure on Taiwan with ‘regular’ patrols

Coastguards based in Fujian have been increasingly active around the Taipei-held island since an incident when two fishermen died in February.

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The mainland coastguards have been carrying out a series of “regular patrols” near Quemoy in recent months. Photo: Weibo/China Coast Guard
Taiwan

Chinese navy teams up with coastguard in rare joint missile exercise

Eastern naval and coastguard units practise responses to an attack on a flotilla amid tensions in the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.

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