The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said Monday its military is on alert as it launched combat readiness drills. The move followed the detection of Chinese warships, coast guard vessels, and the restriction of airspace by Beijing near Taiwan.The ministry confirmed it had identified naval formations from the...
China criticized the United States on Tuesday for "distorting and sensationalizing" the issue surrounding a US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft's transit through the Taiwan Strait.Senior Colonel Cao Jun, spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army, responded sharply,...
A US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft conducted a transit through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, reinforcing the US stance on the waterway's international status, the Commander, US 7th Fleet informed on their webpage.The operation carried out in compliance with international law, underscores...
A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, AFP reported, citing Taiwan's defense minister.
Earlier on Wednesday, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said on X that Chinese "Navy vessels, led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning, sailed through waters near Dongsha (the Pratas...
The European Union said on Monday that China's military exercises around Taiwan "further increase cross-strait tensions" and insisted that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are "of strategic importance for regional and global security and prosperity." China's coast guard said it carried out drills...
Taiwan's defense ministry said Monday its outlying islands are on "heightened alert," after China launched its "Joint Sword-2024B" military drills.
"All outlying island defense zones are on heightened alert, and our aircraft and ships will respond to enemy situations in accordance with the engagement...
Taiwan condemned China's "irrational and provocative behavior" after the country launched military drills around the island on Monday, saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces."
The Chinese military's Eastern Theatre Command said it dispatched "its troops of...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday that China has lodged a protest with Japan over the passage of a Japanese warship through the Taiwan Strait. "The Chinese military has dealt with the vessel activities of Japan’s Self-Defense Force in the Taiwan Straits in accordance...
A Japanese warship is said to have sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time ever in an apparent attempt to exercise its right to freedom of navigation, sources told the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK).Media reports indicate that the passage of the ship Saznami took place on...
China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the passage of Chinese vessels through Japanese territorial waters is "completely legitimate." On Saturday, Japan lodged a protest after Chinese naval survey vessels briefly entered its waters for the second time in a week.
Beijing responded to the incident...
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