China's growing military presence and tensions over Taiwan and the South China Sea have been a topic of concern, particularly in relation to its ambitions for naval power. Concerns are growing that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) may use commercial vessels for military operations in an amphibious invasion of Taiwan. This includes a fleet of new car ferries that could be repurposed into valuable military transports. This has raised ethical concerns about putting merchant-marked ships into combat. Satellite imagery and U.S. Intelligence reports indicate that the PLA is also working on a system of barges and floating dock structures to convert these ferries into more efficient military transport. There are also concerns about China's rapidly developing industrial capacity and potentially positioning itself as a strategic advantage amidst the blurred legal lines between military and merchant vessels.