Navigating Tensions: Chinese Fishing Crews and Military Exercises Near Taiwan

Chinese fishing crews are worried about their livelihoods as tensions between China and Taiwan escalate. Chinese fishermen have been playing cat and mouse with Taiwanese authorities for years as they closely track boats that near the median line of the Taiwan Strait. Fishing is the livelihood of villagers on Pingtan island in China's southeastern Fujian province, just across from Taiwan. The increased tensions will make them more wary about getting close to the median line.