China-Taiwan conflict highlights: Taiwan condemns China for undermining 'peace and stability' after military drills

China-Taiwan conflict highlights: China said fighter jets carrying "live ammunition" had conducted "simulated strikes" near Taiwan on Monday.

An aircraft of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) takes part in military drills near Taiwan. (Reuters)

China simulated "sealing off" Taiwan during a third day of wargames around the self-ruled island on Monday, as the United States deployed a naval destroyer into Beijing-claimed waters in a show of force....Read More

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• 10 Apr 2023, 06:41:39 PM IST

  Taiwan condemns China for undermining 'peace and stability

  Taiwan's foreign ministry condemned China on Monday for undermining "peace and stability" in the region after Beijing ended three days of war games around the self-ruled island, AFP reported. Read more

• 10 Apr 2023, 05:10:57 PM IST

  China warns over ‘Taiwan independence’ 

  After China completed three days of large-scale combat exercises around Taiwan said,"The theater’s troops are ready to fight at all times and can fight at any time to resolutely smash any form of ‘Taiwan independence’ and foreign interference attempts." (AP)

   

• 10 Apr 2023, 04:05:26 PM IST

  China says Taiwan military drills 'successfully completed'

  China's military said it had "successfully completed" exercises around Taiwan, following three days of war games circling the self-ruled island which Beijing claims as its own territory, AFP reported. Read more

• 10 Apr 2023, 03:42:39 PM IST

  Kremlin says China has right to conduct Taiwan exercises, France cannot mediate in Ukraine

  The Kremlin said on Monday that China had every right to respond to what it called "provocations" and carry out military exercises around Taiwan, reported AFP

• 10 Apr 2023, 03:27:45 PM IST

  China's drills, 'furious response' to Taiwan President's meet with US House Speaker

  China's drills on Saturday began after warning of a furious response if Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week in the United States. The meeting went ahead in California on April 5, when Tsai was on her way back to Taipei from a trip to two of her island's Latin America allies.

• 10 Apr 2023, 02:28:19 PM IST

  EU concerned over Chinese military drills around Taiwan

  The European Union on Monday expressed concern over Chinese military drills around Taiwan, saying the island's status should not be changed by force as any escalation, accident or use of force there would have huge global implications, Reuters reported.

• 10 Apr 2023, 02:02:40 PM IST

  China's live-fire exercises

  The exercises on Monday were set to include live-fire drills off the rocky coast of China's Fujian province, about 80 kilometres south of the Matsu islands and 190 kilometres from Taipei, reported AFP.

• 10 Apr 2023, 02:01:25 PM IST

  China's warning to Taiwan

  Beijing warned Monday that Taiwan independence and cross-strait peace were "mutually exclusive", blaming Taipei and unnamed "foreign forces" supporting it for the tensions.

  "If we want to protect peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait we must firmly oppose any form of Taiwan independence separatism," foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin warned.

• 10 Apr 2023, 01:40:22 PM IST

  China practices blockades on last scheduled day of Taiwan drills

  China's military carried out aerial and naval blockade drills around Taiwan on Monday, its last scheduled day of exercises, with a Chinese aircraft carrier joining in combat patrols as Taipei reported another surge of warplanes near the island, Reuters reported.

• 10 Apr 2023, 01:37:44 PM IST

  China's military hardware for its drills around Taiwan

  China is brandishing a wide array of military equipment and weapons as it conducts drills around Taiwan intended to intimidate the self-ruled island, AFP reported.

  The three-day show of force, which began on Saturday, comes after a visit by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to the United States sparked China's ire.

• 10 Apr 2023, 01:31:58 PM IST

  China warns Taiwan independence and peace 'mutually exclusive'

  China warns Taiwan independence and peace 'mutually exclusive', reports AFP.

• 10 Apr 2023, 01:08:11 PM IST

  China vice-foreign minister to visit Australia, Fiji

  China's vice-foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu will visit Australia and Fiji this week, the Chinese foreign Ministry said on Monday, reports Reuters.

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:57:55 PM IST

  US Navy on conflict

  The United States, which had repeatedly called for China to show restraint, on Monday sent the USS Milius guided-missile destroyer through contested parts of the South China Sea.

  "This freedom of navigation operation upheld the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea," the US Navy said in a statement.

  It added that the vessel had passed near the Spratly Islands -- an archipelago claimed by China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. It is about 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) from Taiwan.

   

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:45:37 PM IST

  The latest US navy ship voyage in South China Sea triggered Beijing

  A US Navy destroyer sailed near one of the most important man-made and Chinese controlled islands in the South China Sea on Monday, in a freedom of navigation mission that Beijing denounced as illegal.

  While the United States frequently makes such voyages to challenge China and other states' territorial claims in the strategic waterway, the latest one took place as Beijing staged more war games around Taiwan.

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:41:27 PM IST

  China’s military harassment of Taiwan has intensified in recent years

  China’s military harassment of Taiwan has intensified in recent years with planes or ships sent toward the island on a near-daily basis, with the numbers rising in reaction to sensitive activities.

  One of the US representatives who attended the meeting with Tsai last week said Saturday the US must take seriously the threat China posed to Taiwan. 

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:38:43 PM IST

  70 Chinese planes were detected across Taiwan

  Between 6 am Sunday and 6 am Monday, a total of 70 planes were detected and half crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense. Among the planes that crossed the median were 8 J-16 fighter jets, 4 J-1 fighters, 8 Su-30 fighters and reconnaissance planes.

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:33:10 PM IST

  China imposes travel ban on those associated with Tsai’s US trip

  China responded to the McCarthy meeting by imposing a travel ban and financial sanctions against those associated with Tsai’s US trip and with increased military activity through the weekend.

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:27:33 PM IST

  China irked over Taiwan Prez Tsai Ing-Wen meeting US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

  China's latest military actions follow President Tsai Ing-wen’s delicate diplomatic mission to shore up Taiwan's dwindling alliances in Central America and boost its US support, a trip capped with a sensitive meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. A US congressional delegation also met with Tsai over the weekend in Taiwan after she returned.

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:18:49 PM IST

  China's three-day military drills near Taiwan

  The Chinese military earlier had announced three-day “combat readiness patrols” which it called Joint Sword, as a warning to Taiwan, a self-ruled island which China claims as its own. Beijing says contact between foreign officials and the island's democratic government encourages Taiwanese who want formal independence, a step China’s ruling Communist Party says would lead to war.

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:05:03 PM IST

  China military drills around Taiwan  in 2022

  In August last year, China deployed warships, missiles and fighter jets around Taiwan in its largest show of force in years following a trip to the island by McCarthy's predecessor, Nancy Pelosi.

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:02:28 PM IST

  China and Taiwan conflict

  China and Taiwan split at the end of a civil war in 1949. China views democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to take it one day.

  The United States has been deliberately ambiguous on whether it would defend Taiwan militarily. But for decades it has sold weapons to Taipei to help ensure its self-defence, and offered political support.

• 10 Apr 2023, 12:01:15 PM IST

  China practices 'sealing off' Taiwan

  After two days of exercises that included simulating targeted strikes on Taiwan and encirclement of the island, the Chinese military said the wargames also included "sealing" it off.

• 10 Apr 2023, 11:52:20 AM IST

  Japan, China hold maritime talks as Beijing simulates attack on Taiwan

  Senior Japanese and Chinese officials met on Monday to discuss maritime concerns in disputed waters in the East China Sea as Beijing conducted wargames around Taiwan, Reuters reported.

• 10 Apr 2023, 11:39:14 AM IST

  China practices blockades on last scheduled day of Taiwan drills

  China's military carried out aerial and naval blockade drills around Taiwan on Monday, its last scheduled day of exercises, with a Chinese aircraft carrier joining in combat patrols as Taipei reported another surge of warplanes near the island, Reuters reported.

• 10 Apr 2023, 11:34:06 AM IST

  US says naval destroyer sails through Beijing-claimed waters in South China Sea

  The US Navy said its guided-missile destroyer the USS Milius sailed through waters claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea in a "freedom of navigation" operation on Monday, AFP reported.

• 10 Apr 2023, 11:29:31 AM IST

  China military drills as intense as 2022: Taiwan's worrying assessment

  China’s military drills in response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen transiting through the US are on par with the reaction seen by Beijing last year, Taiwan’s foreign minister said Monday, comments that come as the People’s Liberation Army held a third day of exercises. Read more

• 10 Apr 2023, 11:27:46 AM IST

  China stages live-fire drills for ‘sealing off’ Taiwan: What we know so far

  China simulated "sealing off" Taiwan during the third day of drills around the island. Beijing said that it launched the exercises in response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen last week meeting with US House speaker Kevin McCarthy. Read more