China’s military stepped up its provocative military operations around Taiwan over the weekend, flying over 100 military aircraft near the island democracy it has vowed one day to take over.
A total of 103 jets were detected on Sunday and 40 of the planes crossed the median line down the middle of the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Strait, the Taiwan Defense Ministry disclosed in a post on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. Nine PLA navy vessels also were spotted, the ministry said.
The observance of the unofficial maritime dividing line between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland had until recently been a key tool in maintaining a fragile status quo. Analysts say the median-line crossings are the latest indication China is challenging the status quo despite repeated U.S. and Taiwanese complaints.
Japan’s government also protested the deployment of an oceanographic buoy by China inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Monday. The buoys are being used to collect data that could be useful for directing coast guard vessels, tracking such factors as wave size and current, the newspaper said, quoting government sources.
The purpose of the Malta talks was to promote greater communication and maintain relations during times of tensions, the White House said in a statement. PLA spokesman Sr. Col. Senior Colonel Wu Qian on Aug. 31 defended earlier Chinese war games near Taiwan, saying they were designed to deter “separatist forces” inside Taiwan and ward off any thought of foreign intervention.
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