China is preparing to conduct live-fire military exercises near the island of Taiwan

China's military has returned to live-fire military exercises off Taiwan's southeast coast as tensions between Taipei and Beijing rise again. Tuesday from the island.

La cartera castrense said in a communique that Comando del Teatro Oriental del Ejército chino estableció recently “various exclusion zones and temporary navigation restriction zones” Surorientales aguas cercanas of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces “para realizar ejercicios de fuego real”.

In China, no detailed maneuvers can be carried out, nor can Chinese weapons be equipped.

“Las Fuerzas Armadas de la República de China (Taiwan's official name) is using joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance techniques to monitor the situation and has deployed adequate forces to respond,” MDN said.

Contact Taiwan Ministry of Defense. Desde las 8:50 local del martes (1:50 hours to Peninsula Española) He had detected a series of attacks by Chinese planesAmong them are J-11 fighter jets, Y-8 transport aircraft and drones carrying out “joint combat readiness patrols” with Armada ships. Ephesus.

During these exercises, 13 Chinese aircraft crossed the Middle Strait, an unofficial border respected for decades, and entered the northern, central and southern regions of the self-proclaimed Taiwan Air Force Deterrence Zone (ADIZ).

El MDN has no real connection with Zhejiang and Fujian provinces.

Tensions between Taipei and Beijing have intensified over the sovereignty grab. William Lai He will become the president of Taiwan on May 20.

Since then, Taiwan's Ministry of Defense has detected more than 3,000 Chinese aircraft. operando en los alrededores de la isla, de las cuales 2,133 línea divisoria del Estrecho or crossed the vulneraro of the aforementioned ADIZ island.

Similarly, China has held two large-scale military exercises around Taiwan this year: the first of which is called Joint Sword 2024A. tuvo lugar del 23 and 24 de mayojusto después de la asunción presidencial de Lai and the second was christened as Joint Sword 2024B, This happened last October 14.

The island's mandate has offered dialogue to the Chinese government several timessobre la base de que la República Popular China y la República de China “no están subordinadas entre sí”; un planteamiento de forma rotunda was rejected by Beijing, which considers the island part of its territory.