A Chinese flotilla led by aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed near the waters of the Dongsha Islands (le Pratas Islands) and continued through it Taiwan Strait. “Now, it’s sailing north along the western midline and we are monitoring it closely,” he reported Minister of Defense Wellington Koo, after his ministry gave an account of the activities detected since Tuesday evening. These are developments that developed after the maneuverslive fire‘ held by Beijing around the island of Niushanthe closest point on the Chinese coast to Taiwan, signaling the pressure of Dragon on the rebellious province.
Taipei Armed Forces Tracking
The Taipei Armed Forces «They carefully monitored the situation using the joint systems of intelligence, surveillance And reconnaissance and have taken appropriate measures in response,” the Ministry of Defence on the Liaoning. From the daily bulletin on the activities of theChinese People’s Liberation Armyhowever, it emerged that 15 planes and 6 warships were tracked in the 24 hours at 6 local time (midnight in Italy), with 11 jet who have passed the midlineentering the identification zone of air defense (Adiz) central, southeast and southwest Taiwan. Finally, the China made launches today satellites at 9.09 local time (3.09 in Italy), with a flight path above ours Southwestern Adiz towards the Western Pacific», he always reported Ministry of Defenceaccording to which “the altitude above the atmosphere did not represent any threat».
Intensification of Chinese military activities
There China considers Taipei an “inalienable” and “sacred” part of its territory and has intensifiedmilitary activity in recent years to underline its sovereignty, defining the reunification an “irreversible” process, without excluding the use of force.
The official position of the Chinese government
There China he defined the transit of one of his aircraft carriers near Taiwan as “perfectly normal”. This is what the spokesperson said Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lin Jian, regarding the passage of the Liaoning with a group of other Beijing warships on the western side of the Taiwan Straitas reported by the Taipei armed forces. «Taiwan is Chinese territory. It is perfectly normal for Chinese aircraft carriers to sail in their own territorial waters,” Lin noted in the daily briefing.