US EditionTaiwan on Alert over China’s Military Activities in Pacific
- On June 20, 2025, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry reported the presence of fifty Chinese military planes operating near the island amid heightened regional military tensions.
- This buildup follows a nearly month-long deployment of two Chinese aircraft carriers, Liaoning and Shandong, operating east of the First Island Chain.
- Japan and Taiwan have been closely observing Chinese military activities, which include more than 1,000 takeoffs and landings from Chinese aircraft carriers, as well as the Japanese destroyer Takanami’s passage in the Taiwan Strait on June 12.
- Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Jiang Bin stated on June 13 that the carrier training was routine, compliant with international law, and not targeted at any country.
- Taiwan's government ordered enhanced intelligence and regional monitoring, while international concern grows over rising military tensions and freedom of navigation in these waters.
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Radio France Internationale
Taiwan has detected 74 Chinese fighter jets around the main island in about 30 hours, said the Ministry of Defence, this Friday 20 June, two days after a British ship...
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MDN) reported the largest number of incursions by Chinese aircraft in the last eight months, a day after the island's president, William Lai, called for "strengthening surveillance" in the face of Beijing's military pressure around this territory.In its last daily part, the military portfolio indicated that a total of 46 aircraft, including combat fighters, bombers, drones and helicopters, crossed the middl…
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Taiwan on alert over China’s military activities in Pacific | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
TAIPEI >> Taiwan President Lai Ching-te today ordered defense and security units to step up their monitoring and intelligence efforts in response to China’s military activities, which he said have not abated even as tensions rise in the Middle East. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has, along with Japan, been tracking the movement of two Chinese aircraft carriers conducting simultaneous operations in the Pacific for the first time.
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