China Deployed More than 100 Vessels in Regional Waters After US Visit, Taiwan Claims
Taiwan said the deployment included navy, coast guard and survey ships as tensions rose over U.S. arms sales and regional security.
- On Saturday, May 23, 2026, China deployed more than 100 navy and coast guard vessels across regional waters stretching from the Yellow Sea to the Western Pacific.
- Taiwan National Security Council chief Joseph Wu shared a map of the deployment, stating China is 'wrecking the #StatusQuo' from the Korean Peninsula to the South China Sea.
- Under United States pressure, President Lai Ching-te proposed nearly $40 billion for critical weapons, but the opposition-controlled parliament approved only $25 billion in United States arms spending.
- When asked about arms sales on May 20, Trump referred to 'the Taiwan problem,' though Lai said on Thursday he would be 'happy' to talk to Trump.
- Taiwan relies on Washington for security against potential attacks, while Beijing maintains a 'position of resolute opposition to United States arms sales to China.
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China Shows Naval Force Near Taiwan After Trump-Xi Summit
A senior Taiwanese security official said China deployed more than 100 vessels across the First Island Chain in the days after President Donald Trump’s Beijing summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, adding pressure to a region already watching questions over a proposed U.S. arms sale to Taipei. Taiwan National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu said China had moved more than 100 vessels around the First Island Chain in recent days, …
China deployed over 100 vessels near Taiwan in the wake of Trump-Xi summit, Taiwan security official claims
China has deployed over 100 vessels in the waters surrounding Taiwan in the week following President Donald Trump's Beijing summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the secretary general of Taiwan's National Security Council said Saturday."Our ISR/intel shows that the PRC has deployed over 100 vessels around the 1st Island Chain over the past few days, so soon after the Beijing summit," Secretary General Joseph Wu wrote on X."In this part of th…
Beijing deploys more than one hundred naval units between South China Sea and Western Pacific, increasing pressure on Taiwan in a delicate phase of relations with Washington
"In this part of the world, China is the only problem that threatens peace and destroys the status quo and stability in the region," Joseph Wu, Secretary General of Taiwan's National Defense Council, wrote on Platform X. He attached a map dated May 23rd, showing the location of Chinese vessels. The graphic shows that they sailed into the Yellow Sea, towards the coast of Korea, the South China Sea, and also into the western Pacific Ocean. Immedia…
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