Broken Chain: 1.8B Data Points Track China's Coast Guard in 1st Island Chain【Taiwanology Ep.64】

Why has China Coast Guard made it a routine to patrol the east of Taiwan? Why has retired US Air Force colonel Ray Powell called this a quarantine? CommonWealth's cover story details the reporting behind "Broken Chain," built on 1.8 billion vessel data points. Our reporters recount our exclusive interview with National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu. This episode traces a shared playbook across the first island chain, and why normalization may be the greatest danger.

Episode highlights:

00:00 The quarantine warning behind Broken Chain

03:26 Su'ao fishermen grown numb to Chinese patrols

10:09 Mapping 1.8 billion vessel data points

14:38 Coast Guard SOPs and a Philippine warning

17:33 Exclusive interview with NSC SecGen

21:34 Indo-Pacific stakes, CSIS partnership, what's next

Host: Kwangyin Liu, Deputy Managing Editor, CommonWealth Magazine

Guest: Steven Yeo, Data & Graphics engineer; Hazel Hsu, Reporter

Producers: Yayuan Chang, Weiru Wang

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