Taiwan's defense ministry said that
china's air force sent 39 aircraft to
the zone just on saturday, the highest
reported number to date. They were a mixture of J-16 and Su-30
fighters as well as anti-submarine and
early warning aircraft. Taiwan says
friday's flights included
nuclear-capable H-6 bombers although it
is unclear if they were armed with
warheads.
The united states is very
concerned by the people's republic of
china's provocative military activity
near taiwan which is destabilizing, risks
miscalculations and undermines regional
peace and stability, state department
spokesperson Ned Price said in a
statement. Taiwan is a democratically governed
island about 100 miles off the coast of
mainland china.
The modern island nation was formed in
1949 after the community party kicked
china's governing KMT party out of the
mainland in the chinese civil war. Taiwan says china sent 39 military
planes into its air defense zone
saturday. Above a Chinese J-16 fighter one of the
planes in this weekend's flyovers flies
in an undisclosed location. The flyovers also included Su-30 jets, seen above in an undated photo from a
chinese news agency and nuclear-capable H-6 bombers.
U.S state department spokesman Ned Price
said this weekend's provocative show of
force risks miscalculations and
undermines regional peace and stability. President Biden said
the u.s had to meet the strategic
competition with china while announcing
withdrawal from afghanistan which some
say gave china a geopolitical opening.
Taiwan officially named the republic of
china is not part of the united nations. Only 15 countries recognize it as an
independent state. The united states is
not one of them but the two countries
have consular relations and the u.s
government has committed to protecting
taiwan from a chinese invasion.
China still claims taiwan is part of the
people's republic of china and appears
increasingly prepared to fight for it. China's the raihay training base
features a full-size mock-up of part of
downtown taipei, the capital of taiwan it
also includes highly elaborate
recreations of its presidential office
building and ministry of foreign affairs, according to technology and Automotive News website the drive.
On sunday taiwan's defense ministry said
it sent combat aircraft to warn away the
chinese planes while missile systems
were deployed to monitor them. The island has complained for more than
a year of repeated missions near it by
china's air force, often in the
southwestern part of its air defense
zone close to the taiwan controlled
prada's islands.
"We urge beijing to cease its military, diplomatic and economic pressure and
coercion against taiwan. The United States has an abiding interest in peace
and stability across the taiwan strait
and will continue to assist taiwan in
maintaining a sufficient self-defense
capability," Price said.
The u.s commitment to taiwan is rock
solid and contributes to the maintenance
of peace and stability across the taiwan
strait and within the region. Taiwan's foreign ministry thanked the
united states for its concern and said
china was increasing tension in the
indo-pacific region. In the face of china's challenges our
country's government has always
committed itself to improve our
self-defense capabilities and resolutely
safeguarding taiwan's democracy, freedom, peace and prosperity, it said.
China has yet to comment on its
activities and it is not clear what may
have caused beijing to decide to mount
the missions though friday was the
country's national day a patriotic
holiday that marks the founding of the
people's republic. China has previously said such flights
were to protect the country's
sovereignty and aimed against collusion
between taiwan and the united states, the
island's most important international
backer.
China has also recently expressed
outrage at the august pact which will
see the united kingdom and the united
states help australia get
nuclear-powered submarines. Australia has faced mounting diplomatic
pressure from china in recent years with
the commission of those subs seen as a
sign of strong pushback against Xi Jinping's communist government. Chinese
foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Legion
said the extremely irresponsible pact
seriously undermines regional peace and
stability and intensifies the arms race, according to the BBC.
The Tlobal Times an international
english language outlet owned by the
chinese communist party accused the
united states of hysterically polarizing
its alliance system, adding that
washington is losing its mind by trying
to rally its allies against china. If australia dares to provoke china more
blatantly because of that or even find
fault militarily china will certainly
punish it with no mercy, the newspaper
warned in an editorial according to the
diplomat which covers news from the
indo-pacific region.
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