Taipei on edge after Beijing steps up its military activities around Taiwan
Roger Tung and Yimou Lee
China has stepped up its military activities about Taiwan in recent years, including almost daily air force incursions into the island’s air defence identification zone. He said the PLA might make a “sudden entry” into Taiwan's contiguous zone and get close to its territorial space, which the island defines as 12 nautical miles from its coast.
Taiwan has vowed to exercise its right to self-defence and counterattack if Chinese armed forces entered its territory. Asked by a legislators if the US was planning to store some of its military equipment in Taiwan, Chiu said such discussions were ongoing, but declined to elaborate.
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