United Nations; (ad) reject China’s attempts to coerce international organisations, third countries and other actors into restricting Taiwan’s international participation and contacts, as recently demonstrated by the pressure exerted by Beijing over the participation of Taiwan’s Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim in the Ventotene European Conference for Freedom and Democracy organised by the European Parliament; (ae) actively engage in diplomatic efforts to push back against China’s escalation in the Taiwan Strait, the South and East China Sea; reaffirm unwavering support for freedom of navigation and overflight in the Indo-Pacific, in line with international law including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); strengthen maritime security cooperation with India and other Indo-Pacific partners in response to China's expanding naval presence in the region and systematic attempts to severely undermine freedom of navigation; intensify dialogue with China with a view to strengthening the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and increasing transparency on the scope and activities of its fleet; (af) put forward concrete contingency measures, including scenario planning, designed to deter Beijing's disruptive unilateral actions in the region; keep defending the principle of the prohibition of the use of force codified in the UN Charter which applies regardless of sovereignty disputes; oppose the distortion of UN Resolution 2758 by China to support its claims over Taiwan’s territory and sovereignty; (ag) highlight the importance of deepening economic and technological cooperation with Taiwan in fields such as semiconductors and cybersecurity, as a way to strengthen Europe’s resilience and safeguard critical supply chains; launch, without delay, preparatory measures for negotiations on a bilateral investment agreement, or other kinds of agreement, such as a memorandum of understanding on critical supply chains, with Taiwan; stress the potential for cooperation on policy regarding FDI screening and on tackling economic coercion and retaliation; (ah) bolster EU preparedness and democratic resilience to counter the growing risks from Chinese proliferated technologies and hybrid threats, including in areas such as data storage, connected vehicles and electricity grids, and from foreign information manipulation and political interference, and espionage, particularly when they occur on China-linked social media platforms, such as TikTok, Wechat and Xiaohongshu, and other platforms, such as Chinese online shops that gather personal data; (ai) underline that Chinese influence operations are documented in EEAS Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) threat reports and European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) assessments, and aim to influence European public debate, exfiltrate sensitive data, spread conspiracy theories and undermine democratic processes; in addition, they pose risks to privacy, data protection and freedom of expression; (aj) acknowledging that these influence activities use opaque algorithms, demand transparency on algorithms, data flows to China, and potential influence by