This article is that Taiwan is likely monitoring Chinese military movements, particularly the exercises conducted by the Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific, amid tensions between Taiwan and China, and as NATO leaders show concerns about China’s growing military presence and its support for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.
Taiwan’s defence ministry is closely monitoring Chinese military movements after a sudden increase in warplanes joined drills with the Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific. The Chinese military exercises collide with a NATO summit in Washington, where a draft communique believes China has become a decisive enabler of Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. The Shandong aircraft carrier passed close to the Philippines on its way to the Pacific exercises, urging Taiwan’s defence ministry to monitor 66 Chinese military aircraft around the island.
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Taiwan’s defence ministry leaked images of a Chinese J-16 fighter and a nuclear-capable H-6 bomber, which were taken recently. The ministry believed that its forces had traced the 2 Chinese warplanes photographed. China’s defence ministry has not answered requests for comment on Shandong’s activities.
Taiwan has complained of repeated Chinese military activity over the past 4 years, as Beijing finds to pressure the democratically governed island, which negates China’s sovereignty claims. The Philippines and China are also locked in a confrontation in the disputed South China Sea, with attacks growing more tense as Beijing presses its states to shoals in waters within Manila’s exclusive economic zone.
Meanwhile, the US, Australia and Japan have been increasing their military activities in the region. The Philippines Air Force arrived in northern Australia for combat practice alongside US and Australian fighter jets, while a Japanese navy destroyer made a rare entry into China’s territorial waters near Taiwan, highlighting “serious concerns” from Beijing.
By Arab news
