Is china encircling Taiwan? Sudden tension..!?

In a bid to threaten taiwan, the Chinese military has today sent its army, navy, and air force to conduct security exercises around the small island. While taiwan has so far been an autonomous region, china has taken this step as part of its efforts to annex it. taiwan is a small island located near China. Even though taiwan has declared itself an independent country, many countries and international organizations in the world do not recognize it as an independent country. At the same time, taiwan continues to operate as an autonomous region. However, china, which insists that taiwan is a part of its country, is continuously taking various steps to bring it completely under its control. china has been continuously stationing warplanes and naval ships around taiwan for the past few years. There has been a long-standing conflict between china and taiwan on this issue.
It is in this context that china has sent its army, navy, and air force to conduct defense drills around Taiwan. The Chinese military has said that this is a stern warning to separatists in Taiwan. In this regard, Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the Eastern Command of the Chinese military, said, "The war drill is designed to focus on naval air combat readiness, comprehensive superiority, joint operations, and attacks on sea and land targets. China's armed forces are approaching the island of taiwan from many directions. This is a legitimate and necessary measure to safeguard China's sovereignty and national unity." While such actions by china have increased recently, taiwan has been strongly opposed to this. In particular, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, who refers to china as a foreign enemy, has promised to take necessary measures to combat Chinese espionage and infiltration. However, china is not worried about all this and is surrounding Taiwan. The Eastern Command of the Chinese military, which oversees operations in the taiwan Strait, has shared some information with the international media. They have said that ships and warplanes have been stationed in the areas around taiwan and that this is a warning to Taiwanese separatists. This is the largest military operation by china around taiwan since last February. china is conducting war games with planes and warships about 40 nautical miles south of Taiwan. The Taiwanese military has deployed its own troops in response.

This has suddenly increased tension in the region. The united states has been Taiwan's biggest supporter. It is the United States' legal obligation to provide weapons to Taiwan. At the same time, whether the united states will deploy its military to protect it from Chinese attack remains a big question.
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Sowmiya Sriram

01/04/2025 11:39 AM