Taiwan on alert as Chinese warships are spotted near Penghu islands
Taiwan has detected two Chinese warships near the Penghu islands and has deployed its naval and air forces in response. The Taiwanese government regularly monitors Chinese military activities, which it condemns as aggressive. China maintains that its military presence around Taiwan is justified, while Taiwan asserts that only its people can determine their future.
- ▪Taiwan spotted two Chinese warships near the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait.
- ▪The Taiwanese defense ministry has sent naval and air forces to monitor the situation.
- ▪China views Taiwan as its territory and conducts regular military operations around the island.
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ShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountTaiwan has spotted two Chinese warships operating in waters near the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait and has sent its own naval and air forces to keep watch, the defence ministry in Taipei said.China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, sends its warships and warplanes into the waters and skies around the island on an almost daily basis, to the condemnation of the Taiwanese government.While Taiwan’s defence ministry offers daily updates of the locations of Chinese military aircraft, it only rarely gives details of where Chinese warships are operating, generally only when it detects aircraft carriers, as happened last week.Late Monday, the ministry said a Chinese destroyer and…
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