Tensions escalate as China simulates ‘strikes on targets in Taiwan’

TIL Desk/World/Taipei/ Beijing performed “simulated coordinated precision strikes on important targets in Taiwan” on the second day of the drills, adding to the ongoing tense situation between Taiwan and China.

The drills kickstarted on Saturday (April 8) right after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen returned from the US where she met House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a meeting to which China strictly showed opposition to.

A report said that the declaration was made on Sunday as Taiwan’s defence ministry said that it had discovered numerous Chinese air force sorties and was keeping an eye on Beijing’s missile forces.

Taiwan on Saturday tracked 71 Chinese military aircraft and nine naval ships by 4 pm. The ministry of national defense said that it included 45 planes which either crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait or entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone from the southwest.