Taiwan also detected 14 Chinese military ships conducting activities around the Taiwan Strait, its defence ministry said
Hua Chunying, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, accused the US of interfering in Beijing’s internal affairs.The Chinese embassy has warned Australia against involvement in its actions over Taiwan, saying “finger-pointing” against Beijing was unacceptable, reports Reuters.
Taiwan’s defence ministry said its naval forces are keeping tabs on China’s military vessels off the eastern coast. The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Saturday that China should not hold talks on important global matters such as the climate crisis “hostage” Taiwan’s defence ministry has accused Chinese aircraft and ships of carrying out simulation attack exercises on its main island on Saturday
, according to the official Central News Agency. Ou Yang Li-hsing, the deputy head of the military-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, was 57. The cause of his death is unknown, CNA reported. Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, said Chinese military drills near Taiwan were a threat to regional security.
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