The exercises coincided with the visit of a group of German lawmakers who landed in Taiwan on Monday morning.
The drills coincide with a meeting between German and Taiwanese officialsThe Chinese military held large-scale joint combat strike drills starting Sunday, sending war planes and navy vessels toward Leading the delegation is the Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, who leads the German Parliament’s Defense Committee.
The German lawmakers will meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, as well as Taiwan’s National Security Council head and the Mainland Affairs Council, which handles issues related toChina has stepped up its pressure on Taiwan’s military in recent years by sending warplanes or navy vessels on an almost-daily basis toward the self-ruled island. China claims sovereignty over the island, which split from the mainland in 1949 after a civil war.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
Sunday's exercises have continued into Monday, Taiwan’s defense ministry said, monitoring Chinese warplanes and navy vessels on its missile systems. China’s actions “have severely disrupted the peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and surrounding waters,” the ministry said. Over the course of 24 hours between 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday morning, China's People's Liberation Army flew 57 warplanes and four ships toward Taiwan, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said in a statement Monday morning. Twenty-eight of those planes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary that both sides had previously stood by.
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