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The report also raised concerns about Beijing’s moves geopolitically, including more “coercive tactics” such as live-fire-military exercises without notice in the Tasman Sea.

The report also raised concerns about Beijing’s moves geopolitically, including more “coercive tactics” such as live-fire-military exercises without notice in the Tasman Sea.

China's patrols around Kinmen are part of Beijing's "grey-zone" operations against Taiwan -- coercive tactics that fall short of acts of war -- Taipei and analysts say.

A short, sharp campaign that dismantles the regime’s coercive tools could trigger elite defection.

According to the people close to the White House’s dynamics, officials are now using the incident as a clear-cut example of China’s coercive tactics.