China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning has been spotted in waters near Taiwan. Newsmax reports:
Taiwan’s defense ministry said in a statement that a Chinese navy group led by the carrier the Liaoning had entered waters near the Bashi Channel, which connects the South China Sea and the Pacific and separates Taiwan from the Philippines. It said the carrier group was expected to enter the Western Pacific.
Taiwan’s armed forces are keeping a close watch on developments and “exercising an appropriate vigilance and response,” the ministry added, without elaborating.
Security sources in Taiwan had said before Lai’s address that his speech could prom
pt new Chinese war games, last held by the country in May in what Beijing said was “punishment” for Lai’s inauguration speech that month.
Earlier on Sunday, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command, which has responsibility for an area that includes Taiwan, put out a propaganda video on its social media accounts entitled “fully prepared and biding ones time before battle.”
It showed fighter jets and warships operating together, mobile missile launchers being moving into place and amphibious assault vehicles, with a small map of Taiwan included in one of the Chinese characters that make up the video’s title.
China has not ruled out using force to bring Taiwan under its control.
China’s defense ministry did not answer calls outside of office hours on Sunday. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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