BLUF

China’s Coast Guard is increasingly active, challenging the existing strategic order through hybrid warfare and dual-use military-civil operations.

Summary

  1. Operates under military command and People’s Liberation Army Navy specifications.
  2. Working in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Convention Area.
  3. Able to legally board foreign fishing vessels in contested Pacific waters.
  4. Undermining the traditional rules-based international order.

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