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Taiwan Warns of Severe Military Challenge as China Edges Closer

  • Taipei says PLA could test more missiles to create panic
  • US has accused China of changing status quo in Taiwan Strait
China’s PLA Navy and the PLA Army conduct a military drill in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, on Aug 24.
China’s PLA Navy and the PLA Army conduct a military drill in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, on Aug 24.Photographer: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images

Taiwan warned it faces “severe military challenges” from surging Chinese military activity edging closer to the island, as Beijing tries to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.

Taipei expects the People’s Liberation Army to continue sending warships and jets across the median line that divides the waterway, the island’s Ministry of National Defense said in an annual report to lawmakers seen by Bloomberg News.