JAKARTA – Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said China once again carried out a “mutual readiness patrol” near the island.
The patrols come after China threatened to execute “hard-headed” Taiwanese independence separatists in extreme cases, ratcheting up tensions.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said that as of 7:00 a.m. local time, it detected 26 Chinese military aircraft, including the J-16 fighter jet, operating in northern, central and southern Taiwan, carrying out “joint combat readiness patrols” with Chinese warships.
Taiwan often reports such missions, part of China’s increased pattern of harassment over the past four years.
A spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said the government had the legal right to protect its country’s territorial integrity and defended new guidelines last week to punish what Beijing considers separatism.
“National law enforcement and judicial institutions will pursue all Taiwan independence advocates who try the law to the end wherever they are found and severely punish them in accordance with the law,” Zhu Fenglian said. to journalists.
Chinese courts have no jurisdiction in Taiwan and are unclear on how China can enforce any rulings outside its borders.
Lai repeatedly offered talks with China, but refused. He rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims and says only the Taiwanese can determine their future.
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