Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration released footage capturing a tense encounter between Taiwanese and Chinese coast guard ships amid China’s ongoing “Justice Mission 2025” drills around Taiwan on December 30, 2025, over the past two hours from 8:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. UTC, according to a post by @Osint613 on X. The footage shows close-quarters interaction between the vessels during the exercises, which entered their second day as announced by China’s Eastern Theater Command. Taiwan Coast Guard ship Taoyuan has maintained 24-hour patrols to monitor and block Chinese vessels, with prior footage of similar close encounters released earlier on December 30, per reports from @TaiwanMonitor. This development follows Taiwan’s Republic of China Air Force redeployment of Mirage 2000, F-CK-1 fighters, and P-3C aircraft to Hualien Air Base on December 29 afternoon, as reported by Liberty Times and shared by @TaiwansDefense on X. Some F-16s remain on ready status with AGM-84 Harpoon missiles. Earlier on December 30, China’s People’s Liberation Army conducted live-fire drills north and south of Taiwan, confirmed by Taiwan’s military and reported by @TaiwanMonitor.
