Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) Taiwan’s ministry of national defence (MND) reported increased Chinese military activity near its territory on Wednesday, detecting 24 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and 6 People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels operating around the island.Of the aircraft identified, 15 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s…
A member of the Taiwan Coast Guard monitors a China Coast Guard boat as it passes near the coast of Matsu islands, Taiwan. (Picture credit: AP) Taiwan reported the detection of 153 Chinese military aircraft around its airspace, marking a record number in a single day, according to official data released on Tuesday, reported the…
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) China on Monday conducted extensive military drills in the vicinity of Taiwan and its surrounding islands, which it described as a ‘stern warning’ against Taiwanese independence.The Chinese defence ministry stated that the exercises were a reaction to the refusal of Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te to accede to Beijing’s insistence that…
NEW DELHI: Taiwan on Tuesday dismissed China’s criticism of a message exchange between PM Narendra Modi and Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te as “unreasonable interference”.Deputy foreign minister of Taiwan Tien Chung-kwang was talking about China taking objection to India looking forward to having closer ties with Taiwan.“I am sure that Modi ji and our president won’t…
China has started its biggest military exercise in a year around Taiwan in response to the inauguration of Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te. The drills, which Beijing describes as “strong punishment” for Taiwan’s “separatist acts,” involve coordinated operations between the army, navy, air force, and rocket force. The exercises come after Lai’s inauguration speech, which…
