BEIJING China is holding military exercises in the East China Sea and the South China Sea near Taiwan this week, days after a defence white paper said Beijing would not rule out retaking the island by force. The China Maritime Safety Administration issued notices on Sunday...
BEIJING China is holding military exercises in the East China Sea and the South China Sea near Taiwan this week, days after a defence white paper said Beijing would not rule out retaking the island by force.
The China Maritime Safety Administration issued notices on Sunday and yesterday warning against entering broad swaths of airspace and waters off the coast of eastern Zhejiang and southern Guangdong provinces due to"military activity". The announcements said drills in the East China Sea were scheduled to run through Thursday and the ones in the South China Sea would end on Friday.Beijing sees Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting unification, even though the two sides have been ruled separately since the end of a civil war in 1949.
The defence white paper published last week stressed Beijing's willingness to use force to thwart any move towards the self-ruled island's independence.
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