The Ministry of Defense of Taiwan reported this Wednesday (3) that it fired flares at unidentified aircraft, probably drones, that flew tonight over the area of its Kinmen Islands, which are off the southeast coast of China .
Taiwan is on high alert as China conducts a series of military exercises in response to a visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States. United States , Nancy Pelosi to the self-proclaimed island.
Once the possibility of Pelosi visiting Taiwan was raised, Xi Jinping took the opportunity to warn US President Joe Biden: “If you play with fire, you will get burned”.
“I hope the US side can see this clearly,” he added. China is firmly opposed to Taiwan independence and interference by outside forces in the territory, Xi said at the time.
With the Mayor’s landing on the island, the Chinese declared a series of “military operations aimed at defusing the situation”.
In addition, China summoned the US ambassador to Beijing and halted several agricultural imports from Taiwan.
Taiwanese authorities, in turn, pointed out that China’s military exercises amount to a “sea and air blockade” and that they “violate the territorial waters of Taiwan and its contiguous zone”.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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