The Chinese military's drills are expected to continue until midday Sunday, and have sparked outrage from Australia, the United States, Japan and the European Union, as well as Taipei.
A television in a restaurant in Hong Kong on 5 August, 2022, shows a missile being launched during military exercises being held by China around Taiwan.China has doubled down on its retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, announcing a suspension of cooperation with the United States on key issues as it was set Saturday to continue massive military exercises in the Strait.
But Japan's defence ministry said of the nine missiles it had detected, four were "believed to have flown over Taiwan's main island". The latest drills also represented the PLA's closest-ever exercises to the island, its first encirclement and the first time it set up a shooting range east of Taiwan, Professor Meng said.
"This is a serious matter for the region, including for our close strategic partner, Japan," it said."Australia shares the region's concerns about this escalating military activity, especially the risks of miscalculation. We urge restraint and de-escalation." China defends the drills as just countermeasures in the face of provocations by the US and its allies in Taiwan.
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