China holds new military exercises near Taiwan

About thirty Chinese planes would have crossed the Taiwan Strait coinciding with the arrival of a German delegation

9 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Ministry of Defense of Taiwan has denounced this Monday that it has detected more than fifty combat aircraft and four ships of the Chinese Army near the island, while at least 28 of them have entered the Taiwanese air defense identification zone. .

After these exercises, the first of this caliber registered this year, the Taiwanese Army has sent planes, Navy ships and land missile systems “to respond to these activities,” says the ministerial portfolio.

These movements have occurred after the Chinese authorities denounced the arrival this Monday of a group of German politicians to the island, a trip in which they will meet with the president, Tsai Ing Wen, and other senior government officials.

This is the first German delegation to visit Taiwan this year and the third, from Berlin, in the last three months, as reported by the island’s Foreign Ministry.

The escalation of tensions in the region occurred with the trip of the then Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, in August of last year.