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He Chinese army This Friday the military exercises that began the day before around Taiwanand which this day will include “integrated operations inside and outside the archipelago and testing of joint acquisition capabilities“, according to military sources.
The spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command, Li Xisaid in a statement that the maneuvers – baptized as Joint Sword – 2024A (“joined sword” in English) will also consist of “joint attacks and control of key areas”.
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The military action of China takes place in the same week in which he assumed the presidency of Taiwan William Lai (Lai Ching-te), considered a “troublemaker” per Beijing and that on Thursday he asked the population for calm, mobilized the island’s armed forces and assured that his Government will protect with “determination”Taiwanese democracy.
This Thursday’s maneuvers were attended by at least 42 Chinese planes and 31 ships on the outskirts of the island and in its peripheral archipelagos, according to the Taiwan Ministry of Defense.
Of those 42 planes, 28 crossed the Taiwan Strait dividing line, an unofficial border that had been respected by Beijing and Taipei for decades before 2022, or has penetrated the self-proclaimed Aerial Identification Zone (ADIZ) Taiwanese, the highest value so far this year, according to the island’s portfolio.
The Chinese armed forces this Thursday defined the exercises as a “strong punishment” to the “separatist acts“of those who seek”O Taiwan Independence“, while the Asian giant’s Itamaraty assured that these are movements”legitimate and necessary”.
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In turn, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated that Taiwan “will continue to defend its belief in democracy“and that won’t change”due to coercion” from China.
China resorts to this type of maneuver for the fourth time since 2022, when it carried out the first of this caliber in response to the visit of the then president of the House of Representatives from United States, Nancy Pelosito Taiwan, which angered Beijing and raised tensions across the strait to levels not seen in decades.
The self-ruled island, whose sovereignty Beijing claims, is one of the main sources of friction between China and U.Ssince the North American country is Taiwan’s main weapons supplier and could intervene to defend it in the event of a conflict.
Source: Elcomercio
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