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NEW: Two Chinese government vessels entered the restricted waters near Taiwan's Taiping Island for the first time today, marking the fifth CCG incident this month.
Taiwan's Coast Guard shadowed the incident throughout, which started this afternoon and lasted around 2 hours.
This is the 1st reported incursion around Taiping Island in 2026, and the 28th overall.
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The ROCA's 36th Chemical Group conducted a 10-day, 9-night CTC 2.0 base training event at a southern training center, practicing smoke operations in a high-intensity, force-on-force environment.
During the exercise, the 36th Chemical Group’s Smoke Battalion employed M56 turbine smoke generators and M3A3 mechanical smoke generators to screen main-force movement, assaults, and tactical maneuver.
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Source: mna.mnd.gov.tw/news/detail/?…
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Somaliland opened its new representative office in Taipei’s Tianmu diplomatic district, marking another step in Taiwan–Somaliland ties since the two sides established reciprocal representative offices in 2020.
Somaliland’s representative said the relationship has expanded across education, healthcare, agriculture, technology, energy, and maritime affairs, while Taiwan’s Deputy Foreign Minister François Wu highlighted future cooperation on maritime security, humanitarian assistance, and infrastructure.
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Source: focustaiwan.tw/politics/2026…
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China’s Ministry of Transport says its “special maritime traffic law-enforcement and sweep-survey operation” east of Taiwan has concluded and has released the attached map.
According to CCTV, the operation covered 1,030 nm of sailing and sweep-survey work from June 6-10, with Chinese government vessels inspecting 198 vessel transits and "correcting three instances of vessel violations or infractions."
CCTV framed the operation as a response to Japan and the Philippines’ announced talks on maritime delimitation east of Taiwan, claiming the talks “seriously infringe” China’s sovereignty and maritime rights.
Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration says five Chinese government vessels, including Haixun 06, Haixun 08, Haixun 09, Donghai Jiu 113, and CCG 2202, operated east of Taiwan and broadcast inquiries about port entry to three passing merchant cargo ships while falsely asserting jurisdiction.
According to Taiwan’s CGA, Haixun 06 queried a Singapore-flagged vessel near Eluanbi on June 7, a Liberian-flagged vessel east of Suao on June 9, and a Benin-flagged vessel east of Sandiaojiao later the same morning.
Taiwanese Coast Guard vessels warned the Chinese ships that they had no jurisdiction in Taiwan’s EEZ and told the merchant vessels to maintain normal navigation and ignore the Chinese broadcasts.
📸: Joseph Wu, Secretary-General of Taiwan's National Security Council
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Additional images from Taiwan's Military News Agency highlighting recent HIMARS live-fire exercises:
NEW: Taiwan’s Fifth Theater Command conducted HIMARS live-fire verification on the west coast for the first time, marking the system’s first live-fire exercise outside Jiupeng Base.
The drill tested rapid shoot-and-scoot procedures, cross-regional fire support, and long-range precision strike against simulated high-value targets.
🎥: MNA
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The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has released its FY2027 defense appropriations bill, including $2B for Taiwan’s defense.
The bill would provide $1B for the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative (TSCI) and another $1B to replace or reimburse defense articles and services provided to Taiwan.
The measure follows the House Armed Services Committee’s FY2027 NDAA language authorizing up to $1B for TSCI, but both bills still need to clear the House and Senate before reaching the president’s desk.
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NEW: Japan’s Defense Ministry is moving a GSDF Type-12 surface-to-ship missile launcher and targeting drones to Minamitorishima, Japan’s easternmost island, as it prepares to establish a Pacific-side firing range.
The project would mark Japan’s first deployment of surface-to-ship missile infrastructure to the remote island, roughly 2,000 km southeast of Honshu, with live-fire drills expected to begin in FY2027.
Below is our visualization of the Type 12's deployment and operational range on Minamitorishima:
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Source: nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/2…
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NEW: Two Chinese government vessels entered the restricted waters near Taiwan's Taiping Island for the first time today, marking the fifth CCG incident this month.
Taiwan's Coast Guard shadowed the incident throughout, which started this afternoon and lasted around 2 hours.
This is the 1st reported incursion around Taiping Island in 2026, and the 28th overall.
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For more information about the CCG's incursions into Taiwan's waters, visit the China Coast Guard Incident Tracker on our website: tsm.schar.gmu.edu/trackers/c…
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NEW: Taiwan’s Fifth Theater Command conducted HIMARS live-fire verification on the west coast for the first time, marking the system’s first live-fire exercise outside Jiupeng Base.
The drill tested rapid shoot-and-scoot procedures, cross-regional fire support, and long-range precision strike against simulated high-value targets.
🎥: MNA
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We’ve just updated our Taiwan Affairs Office Statement Repository with eight new statements covering TAO messaging from its June 10 press conference.
Recent entries highlight Beijing’s rejection of Japan-Philippines maritime delimitation talks east of Taiwan, its defense of coast guard activity near Dongsha, attacks on Lai Ching-te and the DPP, and renewed promotion of “peaceful reunification.” Other statements criticized restrictions on cross-Strait exchanges and industrial cooperation, cited polling on support for peace talks, and announced that preparations for the 18th Straits Forum are largely complete.
👉 View the newly added content here: tsm.schar.gmu.edu/trackers/t…
Stay tuned for more updates as additional statements and materials become available!
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Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen signed an MOU with Görlitz, Germany, establishing new exchange mechanisms on energy, technology, culture, education, and disaster prevention.
Görlitz officials described the city as a potential bridge for Taiwanese supply chains entering Central Europe, while Taichung could serve as Görlitz’s gateway to Asia.
The connection is relevant given Görlitz’s proximity to TSMC’s Dresden fab, which is expected to begin production next year. Once operational, roughly 2,000 engineers are expected to travel annually from Dresden to Taichung for training.
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Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration says five Chinese government vessels, including Haixun 06, Haixun 08, Haixun 09, Donghai Jiu 113, and CCG 2202, operated east of Taiwan and broadcast inquiries about port entry to three passing merchant cargo ships while falsely asserting jurisdiction.
According to Taiwan’s CGA, Haixun 06 queried a Singapore-flagged vessel near Eluanbi on June 7, a Liberian-flagged vessel east of Suao on June 9, and a Benin-flagged vessel east of Sandiaojiao later the same morning.
Taiwanese Coast Guard vessels warned the Chinese ships that they had no jurisdiction in Taiwan’s EEZ and told the merchant vessels to maintain normal navigation and ignore the Chinese broadcasts.
📸: Joseph Wu, Secretary-General of Taiwan's National Security Council
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China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement this morning on China Coast Guard activity to the east of Taiwan:
Lin Jian: Regarding the China Coast Guard vessel formation lawfully conducting law-enforcement patrols in waters east of China’s Taiwan Island, the China Coast Guard has already released relevant information. I would like to reiterate that China has an exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in the waters east of Taiwan. Japan and the Philippines have bypassed China and arbitrarily launched so-called maritime delimitation talks, seriously violating international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, as well as basic norms governing international relations. They have seriously infringed upon China’s maritime rights and interests, and China will never allow this.
BREAKING: China’s Ministry of Transport announced a “special maritime traffic law enforcement operation” in waters east of Taiwan on June 6, involving the Fujian and Guangdong Maritime Safety Administrations, East China Sea Navigation Service Center, and East China Sea Rescue Bureau.
Beijing framed the operation as an effort to exercise maritime administrative jurisdiction, strengthen distant-sea patrols, and protect “national rights and interests.”
CCTV said the action was a response to Japan and the Philippines announcing maritime boundary talks east of Taiwan, which Beijing claimed infringed on China’s sovereignty and maritime rights.
Full statement below:
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NEW: Taiwan’s Fifth Theater Command conducted a live-fire heavy artillery drill near the Dajia River estuary in Taichung, integrating the 58th Artillery Command, 234th Combined Arms Brigade, and 586th Combined Arms Brigade.
The exercise simulated a PLA amphibious landing attempt in central Taiwan, with ROC Army units conducting layered fires against enemy forces approaching Baishatun and Jianan beaches.
Systems used included the Thunderbolt-2000 MLRS, M109A2 and M110A2 self-propelled howitzers, 155mm howitzers, 120mm mortars, and TOW 2A/2B missile vehicles.
Notably, the Thunderbolt-2000 conducted live-fire operations within an operational area for the first time in seven years.
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