China announced on the 8th that it held military exercises near Taiwan.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense confirmed the activity of a total of 57 Chinese military aircraft in the 24 hours until the morning of the 9th.
A spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command, which has jurisdiction over Taiwan and other areas of the Chinese military, said on the 8th, ``We will conduct practical exercises in the waters and airspace around Taiwan, with an emphasis on land attacks and sea assaults. We have verified the unit's joint operational capabilities."
The area and scale of the exercise have not been specifically clarified.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense announced that it had confirmed the activity of a total of 57 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan for 24 hours until 6:00 am on the 9th.
Among the aircraft, four types of fighters, such as J-16, as well as unmanned aircraft, have crossed the "median line" in many places in the Taiwan Strait.
In addition, after entering the air defense identification zone off the southwest coast of Taiwan, the Todoroki 6 bomber and others passed through the Bashi Strait between the Philippines and came around to the southeast offshore of Taiwan.
The Chinese military said in its announcement that it was "a resolute counterattack against the provocations colluded by external forces and 'Taiwan independence' forces."
In the background of China's military exercises this time, there is a possibility that it resented the fact that parliamentary delegations from South Korea and European countries, which have no diplomatic relations with Taiwan, have been visiting one after another.