Tag: Maritime security

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China’s Consolidated Coast Guard Rocking The Boat?

The New York Times’s Jane Perlez reports that China has sent four ships to patrol disputed islands in the East China Sea in the past week in addition to flying an early-warning aircraft between Okinawa and Miyako, all part of a recently consolidated coast guard force intended to pressure Japan.  The report claims that the increase of Chinese and Japanese maritime vessels “has raised alarm in Washington about clashes that could lead to larger conflict.”