Taiwan has denounced a new incursion by Chinese ships and planes into its airspace and sea

He Taiwan Ministry of Defense denounced the incursion of 37 combat aircraft and six ships of the Chinese regime which has approached its air and sea space, as they have done on several occasions in recent months.

Specific, 12 of the Chinese fighters are said to have entered the air defense identification zone in southwest Taiwanas detailed by the Taiwanese authorities through a message on the social network Twitter.

In response, Taiwan assigned aircraft from area strengthNavy vessels and security systems ground missiles to respond to these activities.

This new incursion occurs when beijing is preparing a possible blockade or direct attack on Taiwan, which has raised serious concerns among military leaders in UNITED STATESmain ally of Taipei.

In a January memorandum, General Air Force’s Mike Minihan ordered his officers to prepare for a conflict between the United States and China in the year 2025.

China sent warshipsbombers, fighters and support aircraft in the airspace near Taiwan almost daily, hoping to drain the island’s limited defense resources and undermine support for the pro-independence president. Tsai Ing-wen.

Chinese fighters also faced US military aircraft and allied countries in the international airspace of the South and East China Seas, which Beijing called dangerous and threatening maneuvers.

The escalation of tensions in the region began with the trip to the island of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosiin August of last year.

China has repeatedly threatened to take reprisals against countries seeking closer ties with Taiwan, but their attempts to intimidation provoked a violent reaction in Europe, Japan, United States and other nations.

Taiwan has had an independent government since 1949, but China considers the territory under its sovereignty. The fundamental policy of the regime Xi Jinping as far as Taiwan is concerned, it has so far been a matter of peaceful reunification according to the principle of “one country, two systems”.

Taipei will hold presidential elections next year, unlike China’s system of total control by the president and party general secretary, Xi Jinpingwho removed term limits to become head of life.

January 13, seven aircraft and three Chinese military ships looted areas around Taiwanas reported at the time by the Department of Defense from the island.

The wallet notified on the social network Twitter that two of the Chinese planes crossed the center line of the Strait of Formosaan unofficial border tacitly respected by Taipei and Beijing in recent decades, but which has been crossed in recent months by chinese forces by these types of violations.

And su-30 fighter and one BZK-005 reconnaissance aircraft of the Chinese army were the planes that overshot the center line.

(With information from Europa Press, EFE and The Associated Press)

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