Taiwan's Defense Ministry said it detected six Chinese warships in nearby waters on Thursday.
A Chinese warship was rebuffed by Taiwan's navy on Thursday while approaching the island's east coast, according to an open-source report, in another sign of heightened tensions between the neighbors.An image supplied to Newsweek by the ship and plane spotting group Taiwan ADIZ showed the silhouette and hull number of China's Type 052D destroyer the Nanjing, which is known by NATO under the Luyang II class.
The unidentified Taiwan navy frigate—roughly half the tonnage of its Chinese counterpart—sought to keep the Nanjing away from the island's 24-nautical mile continuous zone, the group said.Beijing claims Taiwan as its own despite Taipei's repeated rejections, and successive Chinese leaders, including President Xi Jinping, have refused to rule out one day seizing the island by force.Adm. John Aquilino, the outgoing head of the Hawaii-based U.S.
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