Taiwan condemns China's plan for navy drill with Indonesia off island's east
Beijing deploys warships, fighter jets and coast guard vessels around Taiwan on an almost daily basis to assert its claim of sovereignty.
Taiwan has strongly condemned China's plan to conduct a navy drill with Indonesia off the island's eastern coast, alleging Beijing aims to create a false impression of jurisdiction over the area. The Chinese defense ministry stated that the joint exercise will take place in mid-August, near Taiwan, with the aim of enhancing the operational capabilities of the two navies and jointly safeguarding regional peace and stability.
Taiwan's top China policy body, the Mainland Affairs Council, denounced the Chinese military provocation as an attempt to falsely assert jurisdiction over waters east of Taiwan, which infringes upon its national sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. The drill coincides with Taiwan's largest military exercises of the year, designed to prepare its population for a potential Chinese invasion.
Beijing has been repeatedly sending warships, fighter jets, and coast guard vessels near Taiwan to assert its claim of sovereignty. In June, Chinese ships began patrolling a Western Pacific area near Taiwan's eastern coast, which Taipei labeled as "provocative" and "expansionism in disguise." Last week, China's Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration announced traffic control measures for the Taiwan Strait during Typhoon Dolphin's approach, requiring ships entering the sensitive waterway to comply with traffic control regulations and follow on-site maritime authorities' instructions.
Taiwan's MAC described the traffic control order as a "trampling of the international order and norms" and called it "utterly ridiculous."
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