Chinese Man Found Swimming Near Kinmen Islands in Inner Tube

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A Chinese man was found swimming near Dadan Island, one of Taiwan's outlying Kinmen Islands, using an inner tube. The incident follows a string of cases of Chinese citizens entering Taiwan illegally in recent weeks.

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00:00Taiwan's Coast Guard says a Chinese man was found swimming around Taiwan's outlying Jinmen Islands

00:05using an inner tube on Friday, attempting to sneak ashore.

00:10The man was found around Dadan Island, part of Taiwan's Jinmen County,

00:15that is just over four kilometers away from Xiamen in China.

00:18He was arrested and taken for questioning.

00:21The incident follows a string of cases of Chinese citizens entering Taiwan illegally in recent weeks,

00:27arriving on small boats.

00:28The Coast Guard says they are not ruling out the possibility that this is yet another example of Chinese efforts

00:35to use cognitive warfare to intimidate Taiwan.

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