NEW DELHI, May 3 -- The sun had barely risen on a calm Wednesday morning in Taiwan when alarms began to sound quietly within the maritime surveillance stations. A seemingly innocuous cruise liner, the Gulangyu, registered in Bermuda but operated from China, sailed unsettlingly close to Taiwan's Hengchun Peninsula-just two nautical miles from shore. From the beaches of Pingtung County, Taiwanese residents watched as the vessel loomed unusually near, capturing the tense spectacle on their smartphones. Within hours, the images flooded social media alongside defiant captions proclaiming: "Taiwan is China." For Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling, this was no benign cruise ship gone astray. Rather, she identified the Gulangyu's passage...