A Chinese national has been arrested after his speedboat illegally entered a Taipei harbour.

Taiwanese officials say he is a former Chinese navy captain who could have been probing the island's defences.

Taiwan's coast guard arrested the man on Sunday at the coastal neighbourhood of Tamsui after his boat entered a river that leads into Taipei, an incident that happened amid ongoing tensions between Taiwan and China.

Kuan Bi-ling, head of Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council, which runs the coast guard, told reporters that the man was "quite refined and well presented" and had previously served as a Chinese navy captain.

Over the past year or so there have been 18 similar cases, mostly involving Taiwan controlled islands that sit next to the Chinese coast, Kuan said.

Taiwan’s defence minister Wellington Koo has told the media that the boat incident could be another example of China's "grey zone" tactics against the island.

Taiwan has often complained about China using grey zone warfare designed to exhaust a foe by irregular tactics without resorting to open combat, such as floating surveillance balloons over the island.

Of late, China conducted aggressive military drills in the Taiwan Strait after William Lai, whom China considers a separatist took charge as Taiwan’s president.

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