Taipei, March 13, 2026 (AFP) - Thousands of Chinese boats mass at sea, raising questions

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Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts believe are part of Beijing's preparations for a potential regional crisis or conflict. Monitoring ship-tracking data on Christmas Day, Jason Wang could tell something "unusual" was underway as fishing boats swarmed into two parallel inverted Ls, each about 400 kilometres (about 250 miles) long. Wang could see th......

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