Following Beijing’s outrage at President Lai Ching-te’s recent visit to the United States, Taipei said on Tuesday that China is sending dozens of ships in its largest naval mobilization surrounding Taiwan in years.<\/p>\n
Following Lai’s US stopovers and call with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Taiwanese military was on high alert in case Beijing’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) staged war games.<\/p>\n
According to Taiwan’s defense ministry, the quantity of Chinese vessels in the island’s surrounding waters surpassed Beijing’s maritime response to the biggest-ever war games, which took place in 2022 during then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei.<\/p>\n
The exercises, which showed how far China’s military had advanced since the previous Taiwan Strait crisis in the mid-1990s, saw Beijing deploying ballistic missiles, fighter aircraft, and warships in what analysts characterized as preparation for a blockade and eventual invasion of Taiwan.<\/p>\n
According to a senior Taiwanese security official, there were currently close to 90 Chinese coast guard and naval vessels in the waters surrounding the so-called first island chain, which connects Okinawa, Taiwan, and the Philippines.<\/p>\n
That was the most aircraft found in a single day since a record 153 were found on October 15, following China’s large-scale military exercises inresponse to Lai\u2019s National Day speech days earlier.<\/p>\n
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