China says the aim of the exercises was to test joint combat capabilities and 'resolutely counter the provocative actions of external forces and Taiwan independence separatist forces.'
BEIJING, China – China’s military said it had carried out combat drills around Taiwan on Sunday, January 8, the second such exercises in less than a month, with the island’s defense ministry reporting it detected 57 Chinese aircraft.
The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command said in a statement late on Sunday that its forces had organized “joint combat readiness patrols and actual combat drills” in the sea and airspace around Taiwan, focused on land strikes and sea assaults. Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Monday that over the previous 24 hours it had detected 57 Chinese aircraft and four naval vessels operating around the island, including 28 aircraft which flew into Taiwan’s air defense zone.
China carried out similar exercises late last month, with Taiwan reporting that 43 Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line.
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