On sunday the last day of october eight
pla aircraft namely one Y8 and to
submarine warfare aircraft six J-16
fighter jets and one KJ 500 early
warning aircraft entered the island of
taiwan's self-proclaimed southwest air
defense identification zone, with the Y-8
anti-submarine warfare aircraft also
flying southeast of the island through
the bashi channel.
The island's defense authorities said in
a press release this brought the pla aircraft activity
tally in october to 196. According to Taipei based news website Ediday.net, this included the
record-breaking 38 aircraft on october
1st 39 on october 2nd and 56 on october
4th. The total amount this year has reached
about 700 with only 380 last year, according to the island's defense
authorities.
Also on sunday two Y-9 patrol aircraft
and one Y-9 reconnaissance aircraft flew
through the Miyako strait from the east
china sea into the pacific ocean east to
the island of taiwan before returning home via the same roots.
According to a press release seen on the
website of japan's ministry of defense
joint staff, prior to some of the large PLA drills in
early october warships from the US, the UK, Japan the Netherlands, Canada and New Zealand held exercises in the Philippine
sea
and some of them entered the south china
sea through the bashi channel south to
the island of taiwan.
According to
monitoring conducted by the south china
sea strategic situation probing
initiative, a beijing-based think tank, Taiwan regional leader cyan wen also
made a series of provocative remarks in
october including the two states theory. In her october 10 speech and the first
formal confirmation of u.s troop
presence on the island's side made on
thursday. It is normal for the pla to increase the
scale and composition of exercises near
the island of taiwan to deter taiwan
secessionists and foreign interference
and to safeguard china's national
sovereignty and territorial integrity, a
chinese mainland military expert told
the global times on monday requesting
anonymity.
On october 26 the PLA for the first time
dispatched a MI-17 cargo helicopter and
a WZ-10 attack helicopter to the region
media on the island reported, the participation of helicopters which
need cover from fixed-wing aircraft but
can take off and land vertically and
hover, might mean the PLA has started the next
phase in exercises by practicing
multi-dimensional amphibious assault and
landing after gaining air superiority
and control of the sea region.
The above quoted expert said, the leader of taiwan the island thrust
into the center of rising tensions
between the united states and china
said the threat from beijing is growing
every day as for the first time she
confirmed the presence of american
troops on taiwanese soil.
Speaking with CNN in an exclusive
interview tuesday president Cyan Wen
said taiwan which is located fewer than
200 kilometers
124 miles, away from china's southeastern coast was
a beacon of democracy that needed to be
defended to uphold faith worldwide in
democratic values. Here is this island of 23 million people
trying hard every day to protect
ourselves and protect our democracy and
making sure that our people have the
kind of freedom they deserve. She said, if we fail then that means people that
belief in these values would doubt
whether these are values that they
should be fighting for.
Taiwan and mainland china have been
separately governed since the
nationalists retreated to taiwan at the
end of the chinese civil war more than
70 years ago. Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy
but the mainland's ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to view
the island as an inseparable part of its
territory despite having never
controlled. It
today relations between taipei and
beijing are at their lowest point in
decades. Earlier this month china's military sent
a record number of warplanes into the
air around taiwan while diplomats and
state-run media warned of a possible
invasion unless the island tows the ccp
line.
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