Chinese oil and gas operations inside Taiwan’s EEZ have drawn attention from analysts but not loud protests from Taipei. The scale includes large vessels and fixed platforms.
Experts link the activity to a broader “sovereignty shaving” playbook—incremental actions that reduce the area Taiwan can assert and defend.
Legal pathways are narrow, and maritime resources are stretched. Those limits may explain the quiet approach so far.
But observers warn that a lack of resistance risks cementing an unfavorable status quo.