Taiwan on Alert as China Sends More Vessels Nearby Than 2022
Taiwanese soldiers take part in an exercise in Taitung in January.
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China sent large amount of military vessels into the waters around Taiwan in Beijing’s latest display of anger over a visit by the democracy’s president to the US.
China’s People’s Liberation Army has deployed vessels from three theater commands to waters stretching along the first island chain in a scale that is larger than Beijing’s drills in 2022, Taiwan defense ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang said on Tuesday. Sun did not give the exact number or locations of the Chinese vessels.