Ship-launched J-15 fighter jets have previously never been seen inside the democratically ruled island’s air defence zone
The drills have so far been far smaller in scale than those launched after Pelosi’s visit. Those exercises went for more than a week, and surrounded Taiwan’s main island with multiple live-fire exercise zones, significantly disrupting air and sea traffic. Eleven missiles were launched over the island and into eastern waters, some landing in Japan’s exclusive economic zone. Chinese officials at the time said the exercises mimicked a blockade China may one day use against Taiwan.
Chinese state media, the People’s Daily, said in an editorial on Monday that the drills were an answer to Tsai’s meeting with McCarthy, just as those in August were to Pelosi. The PLA drills began shortly after Tsai returned to Taiwan, and also coincided with the departure of several foreign leaders who had been visiting China and its leader, Xi Jinping. Analysts had speculated that the presence of foreign leaders may have tempered or delayed Beijing’s response to Tsai’s US trip, which it had labelled a “provocation”.
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