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Story summary
- Taiwan's coast guard drove away 16 Chinese coast guard, research and fishing vessels.
- The vessels operated simultaneously around Taiwan's main island and the disputed Pratas (Dongsha) island.
- Some Chinese ships entered Taiwan's restricted waters during the operation.
- Beijing deployed a record 244 coast guard/research vessels around Taiwan in July, up from 58 last year.
- Taiwanese data detected 152 Chinese vessels near the island in the first 21 days of August.
