
China launched military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday as a "serious warning" to separatist forces in an angry but widely expected response to Vice President William Lai's visit to the United States, prompting condemnation from Taipei, Reuters reports.
Lai, the front-runner to become Taiwan's president in January's election, returned from the United States on Friday. He officially only made stops on the way to and from Paraguay, but gave speeches while in the US
China views democratically governed Taiwan as its territory, despite strong objections from the island's government.
The People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command said in a brief statement that it was conducting joint naval and air combat readiness patrols around the island.
Taiwan's Defense Ministry said it had detected 42 Chinese aircraft and eight ships involved in exercises around the island since Saturday morning and had deployed ships and aircraft in response.
Twenty-six Chinese planes crossed the median line of the 100-km (60-mile) wide Taiwan Strait, or the area beyond each end of the line, the ministry said in a statement. For decades, the line served as an unofficial barrier between the two militaries.
The PLA's Eastern Theater Command said it was conducting joint naval and air force drills and exercises, focusing on ship-aircraft coordination, takeover and anti-submarine exercises north and southwest of Taiwan to test "capabilities actual combat" of the forces./ CNA
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