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On Tuesday, the Chinese army launched a series of offensive operations. military maneuvers with live firing near Taiwan, The move comes a week after Chinese troops carried out similar large-scale activities near territory Beijing considers another province under its sovereignty.

Previous maneuvers included exercises with aircraft and warships and were described by the Asian giant’s authorities as “punishment” for recent pro-independence statements made by Taiwan President Lai Ching Teh, also known as William Lai.

Now live fire maneuvers will take place near the Pingtan Islandsin Fujian province, mainly between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. (local time), the country’s Maritime Safety Administration said in a statement, asking ships from third countries to avoid the area.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense said the maneuvers They are part of exercises conducted annually. and they made it clear that they would be “monitoring them closely,” as stated in the statement.

Last week, China held a one-day military exercise and whose purpose was to test efforts to “blockade ports and key areas”, Thus, Taiwan managed to record the transfer of 153 aircraft, 14 warships and twelve ships in just one day.

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In response to these maneuvers, countries such as the United States have organized what they call transit maneuvers to protect “freedom of navigation” in the Taiwan Strait. For this purpose, the destroyer USS Higgins and the Canadian frigate HMCS Vancouver were deployed to the area.

(Europe Press)