The Chinese military says exercises are a “stern warning” as Taiwan denounces China’s “blatant provocations”.
China’s military launched a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the “separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces”, drawing condemnation from the Taipei and US governments.
Chinese ships and aircraft are approaching Taiwan in “close proximity from different directions”, focusing on sea-air combat-readiness patrols, blockading key ports and areas, assaulting maritime and ground targets and “joint seizure of comprehensive superiority”, the command said. “Using military force to threaten other countries goes against the basic spirit of the United Nations charter to peacefully resolve disputes,” he told reporters in Taipei.
Taiwan’s China policymaking Mainland Affairs Council said China’s latest war games and refusal to renounce the use of force were “blatant provocations” that seriously undermined regional peace and stability. In Washington, officials from the administration of US President Joe Biden said they were monitoring the drills and there was no justification for them after Lai’s “routine” speech.
Taiwan’s stock exchange largely brushed off the tensions, with the benchmark index rising 0.4 per cent in late morning trade, and there was no sign of public alarm.Taiwan on Sunday had reported a Chinese aircraft carrier group sailing to the island’s south through the strategic Bashi Channel which separates Taiwan from the Philippines and connects the South China Sea to the Pacific.
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