(UPDATE) TAIPEI — Taiwan has called on China to release a fishing boat carrying five people that it said was seized by the Chinese coast guard in waters near outlying Taiwanese islands.

The Chinese coast guard has stepped up patrols around Taiwan's Kinmen islands in recent months after a series of deadly fishing accidents, one of which led to bitter blame-trading between the two sides.

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