TAIPEI: Taiwan's military said on Thursday (Feb 16) it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a
Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, has complained of increased harassment by Beijing's armed forces over the past three years, including fighter jets flying near the island and drones buzzing offshore islets.
The sphere is about 1 metre in diameter with an instrument box marked with simplified Chinese characters - which are used in China but not Taiwan - and the wording"Taiyuan Radio No 1 Factory Co, Ltd.","GTS13 digital datmospheric sounding instrument" and"meteorological instrument", the army said. "The preliminary investigation determined that the remains were of a meteorological detecting instrument, which have been collected by the relevant departments for further evaluation," Taiwan's army said in a short statement.from China in its vicinity, as a dispute between China and the United States over spy balloons triggers worries about rising military tensions.
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