{"id":135949,"date":"2024-12-11T21:48:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135949"},"modified":"2024-12-11T21:48:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:48:50","slug":"china-expands-major-military-drills-around-taiwan-dw-12-11-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135949","title":{"rendered":"China expands major military drills around Taiwan \u2013 DW \u2013 12\/11\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Defense Ministry in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/taiwan\/t-66708568\">Taiwan<\/a> on Wednesday said that it had detected 53 Chinese aircraft and 19 ships near the island over a 24-hour period.<\/p>\n<p>The latest movement of Chinese aircraft and vessels around the island comes as <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/china-taiwan-crisis\/t-62746803\">Beijing conducts its largest military drills<\/a> in years.<\/p>\n<h2>Chinese planes and vessels &#8216;operating around Taiwan&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;53 PLA aircraft, 11 PLAN vessels and 8 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today,&#8221;\u00a0Taiwan&#8217;s defense ministry said in a post on social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;23 of the aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan&#8217;s northern, southwestern and eastern ADIZ,&#8221;\u00a0the ministry said, referring to its air defense identification zone.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s military said that it had monitored and responded to the situation. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tweet embed\" data-id=\"1866649103460868495\"\/>\n<p>Military officials said that 100 Chinese sorties had been detected near the island over the past two days.<\/p>\n<h2>Taiwan denounces drills<\/h2>\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s Foreign Ministry accused Beijing of being a &#8220;troublemaker&#8221; in mounting the drills.<\/p>\n<p>Taipei &#8220;solemnly demands that the Beijing authorities immediately stop military intimidation and all irrational activities that endanger regional peace and stability,&#8221; the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, China&#8217;s Foreign Ministry accused Taipei of stoking instability in the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Harming the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait is the work of Taiwan independence separatist forces, with the support of external actors,&#8221; ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.<\/p>\n<p>US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Washington was monitoring the situation. He said that the US would &#8220;help Taiwan acquire the means to defend itself&#8221; and ensure\u00a0&#8220;nobody does anything to change the status quo in the [Taiwan Strait].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-slot-id=\"Article_InContent-1\" class=\"rich-text-ad\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Taiwan\u00a0reports largest Chinese drills in decades<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday, Taiwan said that <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/china\/t-18480887\">China<\/a> had deployed its largest naval fleet in regional waters in nearly three decades, <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/taiwan-says-china-deploying-largest-naval-fleet-in-decades\/a-71008022\">deploying around 90 ships<\/a> along the so-called first island chain, which links Okinawa, Taiwan and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s Peoples&#8217; Liberation Army (PLA)\u00a0has yet to comment on any increased military activity in the region and the latest spike in tensions comes after Taiwanese <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/taiwans-lai-provokes-chinas-ire-with-planned-us-visit\/a-70927291\">President Lai Ching-te&#8217;s visits to the United States<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters news agency cited China&#8217;s Taiwan Affairs Office as saying on Wednesday that the government would never let go unchecked Taiwan &#8220;separatist&#8221; forces colluding with external forces to seek independence, when questioned about Chinese military activity\u00a0around Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s AFP news agency cited a Taiwanese security official as saying that Beijing aimed to &#8220;draw a red line&#8221; on Taiwan ahead of the US President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration in January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The real objective appears to be asserting control within the first island chain and establishing strategic deterrence ahead of the US presidential transition,&#8221; the security said.<\/p>\n<p>While Taiwan considers itself a sovereign nation, China claims it as part of its territory and has not ruled out using force to bring the island under its control.<\/p>\n<p>kb\/rmt (AFP, Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/china-expands-major-military-drills-around-taiwan\/a-71018389\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Ministry in Taiwan on Wednesday said that it had detected 53 Chinese aircraft and 19 ships near the island over a 24-hour period. 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