TAIPEI — China deployed planes and ships to encircle Taiwan on Monday, Beijing's defense ministry said, in its latest military exercises targeting the self-ruled island that it claims as part of its territory.
TAIPEI — China deployed planes and ships to encircle Taiwan on Monday, Beijing's defense ministry said, in its latest military exercises targeting the self-ruled island that it claims as part of its territory.Beijing has not ruled out using force to bring Taiwan under its control and Monday's drills represent its fourth round of large-scale war games in the past two years.
'China has ramped up military activity around Taiwan in recent years, sending in warplanes and other military aircraft while its ships maintain a near-constant presence around the island's waters.Taiwan said Sunday it had detected a Chinese aircraft carrier group to its south in the Bashi Channel, a waterway that separates the island from the Philippines, that appeared to be heading towards the western Pacific.
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