China launched military drills around self-ruled Taiwan, three days after the democratic island's new President Lai Ching-te was sworn in. It is the latest show of force by China, which views Taiwan as its territory.
China launched military drills around self-ruled Taiwan , three days after the democratic island's new President Lai Ching-te was sworn in.
Taipei said in April 2023 it had detected the long-range TB-001 Chinese combat drone and 37 other Chinese aircraft circling around Taiwan. The drills ran for at least five days and involved what China called a"conventional missile firepower assault" in waters to the east of Taiwan. Just a month later Taiwanese forces shot down a drone for the first time on tiny Shiyu Islet, which lies between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan's Kinmen islands.
In August, a stopover in the United States by then-vice president Mr Lai drew China's ire, with the PLA holding new war games intended to serve as a"stern warning to the collusion of 'Taiwan independence separatists' with foreign elements".Taiwan's defence ministry began regularly detecting Chinese balloons drifting around Taiwan last December, ahead of the island's presidential elections in January.
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