Beijing has intensified maritime patrols around Taiwan, prompting Taipei to shadow Chinese ships, per SCMP.
Taipei officials confirmed the move as a defensive measure amid escalating tensions in the Strait of Taiwan, Reuters reports.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands gathered in Taipei for the annual Pride parade, which drew both celebration and controversy following a recent gay bar raid, per Reuters.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: territorial conflict. Its words also reach E9 cultures and E7 ecosystems.
Here it is a dynamic between states, cultures and ecosystems: Beijing, maritime patrols, defensive measure and tensions (E12 states), with Pride parade and gay bar raid (E9 cultures), and Strait of Taiwan (E7 ecosystems).
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Beijing, maritime patrols, defensive measure, tensions.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: Pride parade, gay bar raid.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: Strait of Taiwan.