Nearly 90 Chinese navy, coastguard ships reported near Taiwan, southern Japanese islands, East and South China Seas.
Publish dateTuesday 10 December 2024 - 13:35
Story Code : 302305
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) – Monitoring: A senior Taiwan security official said China had nearly 90 navy and coast guard ships near Taiwan, the southern Japanese islands and the East and South China Seas, of which around two-thirds were naval.
Beijing's defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Reuters news agency reported.
China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, had been expected to launch another round of exercises in response to Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's trip to the Pacific, which included stopovers in Hawaii and the U.S. territory of Guam, security sources had told Reuters.
Beijing set up seven "temporary reserved areas" of airspace until Wednesday to the east of its eastern Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, Taiwan's defense ministry said in a statement./Mehr News
Beijing's defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Reuters news agency reported.
China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, had been expected to launch another round of exercises in response to Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's trip to the Pacific, which included stopovers in Hawaii and the U.S. territory of Guam, security sources had told Reuters.
Beijing set up seven "temporary reserved areas" of airspace until Wednesday to the east of its eastern Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, Taiwan's defense ministry said in a statement./Mehr News
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