PENGHU: Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone which buzzed an offshore islet on Tuesday (Aug 29) shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen said she had ordered Taiwan's military to take 'strong countermeasures' against what she termed Chinese provocations. It was the first time warning shots have been f
PENGHU: Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone which buzzed an offshore islet on Tuesday shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen said she had ordered Taiwan's military to take"strong countermeasures" against what she termed Chinese provocations.
"I want to tell everyone that the more the enemy provokes, the more calm we must be," Tsai told naval officers."We will not provoke disputes, and we will exercise self-restraint, but it does not mean that we will not counter". On a Facebook post citing a navy commander in Penghu, Tsai said ships from both sides came as close as 500-600 yards to each other and Taiwan ships"strictly monitored" their Chinese counterparts.The Chinese military unit responsible for the area adjacent to Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command, released on Aug 15 a video of the Penghu islands, apparently taken by China's air force.
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