"Cat and mouse game in the middle of the sea": the Chinese exercise around Taiwan ends
Taiwan's Ministry of Defense said several warships, drones and drones simulated an attack on the island over the weekend.
However, "the parties maintain restraint."
The United States also announced that it will participate in a military exercise with India in October near the tense China-India border.
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07/08/2022
Sunday, 07 August 2022, 09:57 Updated: 10:39
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Flights in Taiwan's airspace will gradually return to normal today (Sunday) at noon today, against the background of the end of China's extensive military exercise around the island, the Taiwanese Ministry of Transportation announced.
The ministry said in a statement that Taiwan would continue to divert flights and ships from the eastern coast during Monday morning.
The war games between Taiwan and China continued over the weekend, nearing the end of a four-day Chinese exercise in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei. An angry China fired ballistic missiles over Taiwan's capital for the first time ever, and severed ties with the United States on certain issues. .
On video: Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and the Chinese military exercise in response (Photo: Reuters)
About ten warships from China and a similar number from Taiwan were in close proximity in the Taiwan Strait, with several Chinese ships crossing the unofficial maritime border that separates the two countries.
Taiwan's Ministry of Defense said several warships, drones and drones simulated an attack on the island and its navy.
According to a source close to the matter, "Both sides are showing restraint. One side tried to cross, and the other side stood in his way and forced him to retreat, like a game of cat and mouse."
Taiwan's Ministry of Defense said yesterday it had launched fighter jets to intercept 20 Chinese fighter jets, 14 of which had crossed the unofficial border.
The extensive Chinese exercise focused on six areas around Taiwan that China claims as its own.
The United States called the exercise "escalation".
The Chinese military exercise near Taiwan (Photo: GettyImages)
The United States also announced that it will participate in a military exercise near the border between China and India.
The joint exercise will be held less than 100 km from the border in the city of Aoli in Uttarakhand state. It will take place in October and will focus on air training, a senior Indian army officer said. Aoli is 95 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC), where the disputed border between China to India.
Relations between China and India have been tense since the violent clashes between soldiers in the Himalayas in June 2020, when 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese were killed.
China recently built a bridge over the Pangong Tso Lake along the border - a move that the Indian government condemned as an "illegal occupation".
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