The Taiwanese Coast Guard and Chinese navy are currently having a standoff in the Taiwan Strait pic.twitter.com/Bj5lMsN5oC
— Global Press (@GlobalPressCorp) May 23, 2024
🚨 New video: “Dozens of warplanes, multiple destroyers & frigates of the PLA Eastern Theater Command are encircling the island of Taiwan & its outlying islands, conducting mock strikes in the ongoing Joint Sword-2024A exercise.” pic.twitter.com/uE919YigWL
— Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones) May 23, 2024
BREAKING: The Taiwanese Coast Guard is currently warning the Chinese navy to alter course.
“China 548 vessel, this is the coast guard of the Republic of China, Yilan patrol vessel. Your action will severely undermine the peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits. It will… pic.twitter.com/H1vyprTZNS
— Global Press (@GlobalPressCorp) May 23, 2024
China begins military drills around Taiwan as ‘punishment’…
Vows Blood Of ‘Independence Forces’…
ADDS Taipei defence ministry’s number of chinese aircraft detected in drills
China on Thursday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games, as it vowed the blood of “independence forces” on the self-ruled island would flow.
The two days of drills are part of an escalating campaign of intimidation by China that has seen it carry out a series of large-scale military exercises around Taiwan in recent years.
