Chinese military tightens its siege of blockade on Taiwan with attack exercises on "key targets"

MADRID, 9 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Chinese Army began carrying out "precision strike" exercises on "key targets" in Taiwan on Sunday, on the second day of the large-scale blockade drill it is carrying out around the island.

"The Eastern Operations Command of the People's Liberation Army (the Chinese Army) continues with drills around the island of Taiwan, conducting simulated precision strikes on key targets on the island and surrounding waters," according to the military statement collected by 'China Daily'.

During the drills, multiple Chinese Army Navy destroyers and frigates "have rapidly approached the island of Taiwan, took up vantage points, and practiced close-in assaults, long-range deterrence, and air defense," state television added. Chinese CCTV.

This past dawn, the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan has detected that at least 71 combat aircraft and nine Chinese warships have approached the territory, and warned that 45 of the aircraft temporarily crossed the "Davis line" that divides the Strait and marks the beginning of your safety zone; an extremely high number even for the usual incursions that China has been carrying out in recent months.

This large-scale simulation has been understood as a response to the meeting held this week by President Tsai Ing Wen with the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, in what Beijing considered an affront to its sovereign claims over the territory.

This past dawn, the Taiwan Council for Mainland Affairs (MAC, for its acronym in English) has condemned the start of the exercises and assured that it will not give in to threats.

In a statement collected by the 'Taipei Times', the Taiwanese organization recalls that the president "regularly travels to the US and holds face-to-face talks with the leaders of friendly governments to facilitate peace across the Taiwan Strait.

"China must learn to deal with these kinds of normal interactions and practice self-control, which could help avoid miscalculations or further damage its relationship with Taipei," the note added.

"No threatening behavior by China can change the fact," the Council stressed, "that the two sides of the Straits are not subservient to each other, nor will it affect the Taiwanese's determination to keep it that way."