Chinese Coast Guard personnel seized the fishing boat near Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands Tuesday night, detaining two Taiwanese citizens and three Indonesians.Taiwanese officials Wednesday said China seized one of their fishing boats this week under a new protocol that allows the Chinese coast guard to take vessels that operate under its maritime borders. The fishing boat had been operating in China’s territorial waters near Jinjiang City but it was a common ground for fishing and there was a general agreement that it was jointly used. Is China trying to escalate the tensions ?
