Taiwan promises to counterattack if Chinese troops enter its territory

Taiwan promises to counterattack if Chinese troops enter its territory

On Wednesday, Taiwan said it would exercise its right to self-defense and counterattack if China's armed forces entered its territory.

 

 This is reported by Reuters.

 

 Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own despite strong objections from the Taipei government, has held military exercises around the island in response to a visit to Taipei by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

 

 Taiwan's defense officials said China's "high-intensity" military patrols near Taiwan continued, and Beijing's intention to make the bisected Taiwan Strait its "inner sea" would be a major source of instability in the region.

 

 "For aircraft and ships entering our 12-nautical-mile sea and air territory, the national military will use the right of self-defense and counterattack without exception," said Lin Wen-Huang, Taiwan's deputy chief of the General Staff for Operations and Planning.

 

 Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone for the first time on Tuesday, shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen ordered the military to take "strong countermeasures" against Chinese provocations.

 

 Taiwan's military said its forces fired warning shots again on Wednesday at islets in the Kinmen chain, located near the Chinese cities of Xiamen and Quanzhou.

 

 During a regular briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry representative Zhao Lijian confirmed Beijing's position that Taiwan belongs to China.

 

 Earlier this week, the ministry dismissed complaints from Taiwan about aggressive actions by unmanned aerial vehicles as "not a concern."

 

 At the same briefing, Ma Cheng-kun, director of the National Defense University's military academy, said China could continue to bar foreign warships from passing through the strait without its permission.

 

 White House National Security Adviser John Kirby said China continues to seek to "permanently change" the status quo over Taiwan, and that the United States will not accept that.





On Wednesday, Taiwan said it would exercise its right to self-defense and counterattack if China's armed forces entered its territory.

 

 This is reported by Reuters.

 

 Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own despite strong objections from the Taipei government, has held military exercises around the island in response to a visit to Taipei by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

 

 Taiwan's defense officials said China's "high-intensity" military patrols near Taiwan continued, and Beijing's intention to make the bisected Taiwan Strait its "inner sea" would be a major source of instability in the region.

 

 "For aircraft and ships entering our 12-nautical-mile sea and air territory, the national military will use the right of self-defense and counterattack without exception," said Lin Wen-Huang, Taiwan's deputy chief of the General Staff for Operations and Planning.

 

 Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone for the first time on Tuesday, shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen ordered the military to take "strong countermeasures" against Chinese provocations.

 

 Taiwan's military said its forces fired warning shots again on Wednesday at islets in the Kinmen chain, located near the Chinese cities of Xiamen and Quanzhou.

 

 During a regular briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry representative Zhao Lijian confirmed Beijing's position that Taiwan belongs to China.

 

 Earlier this week, the ministry dismissed complaints from Taiwan about aggressive actions by unmanned aerial vehicles as "not a concern."

 

 At the same briefing, Ma Cheng-kun, director of the National Defense University's military academy, said China could continue to bar foreign warships from passing through the strait without its permission.

 

 White House National Security Adviser John Kirby said China continues to seek to "permanently change" the status quo over Taiwan, and that the United States will not accept that.