Taiwan :notices increased military action from China near its borders

Taiwan:  Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on Tuesday that it has observed 13 PLA aircraft flights and seven PLAN boats operating in the area.

Nine out of thirteen missions breached the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern and southern ADIZ, according to an MND post on X.

Up to 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today, 13 PLA aircraft missions and 7 PLAN warships were seen in the vicinity of Taiwan. Nine of the thirteen sorties entered Taiwan’s northern and southwestern ADIZ after crossing the median line. We have kept an eye on things and taken action.

Rising tensions in the long-stretched geopolitical relationship between China and Taiwan are reflected in the regular invasions and naval operations. The Republic of China (ROC), as Taiwan is officially called, is a self-governing territory with a unique political and economic structure.

Nonetheless, China maintains that there is only one China, with Beijing as its capital, and claims Taiwan as part of its territory under the “One China” concept.

The origins of the conflict may be found in 1949, when the Chinese Civil War came to a conclusion and the ROC government retreated to Taiwan as the Communist Party, headed by Mao Zedong, seized power in mainland China.

Since then, Beijing has persisted in its objective of reunification, exerting pressure on Taiwan and reducing its international space via economic, political, and military methods.

Despite these attempts, Taiwan continues to establish its sovereignty in the face of persistent foreign pressures and maintains its de facto independence, which is supported by a large portion of the populace. To maintain openness and knowledge of national security, the MND routinely tracks and publicly reports such military movements.

In the meanwhile, Taiwanese activist Yang Chih-yuan, who has been imprisoned on politically motivated accusations, was highlighted in the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s (CECC) annual report, which denounced China’s increasing persecution.

According to The Taipei Times, the extensive study calls on US politicians to address these abuses in future talks with Beijing and describes other cases of arbitrary arrest and unjust prosecution by Chinese officials.

The Taipei Times reports that the CECC, which was created by the US-China Relations Act of 2000, keeps an eye on China’s human rights situation and the status of the rule of law. It reports its findings to the US President and Congress once a year.