Three Chinese warships seen near Taiwan for second straight day, while a fighter jet and an anti-submarine helicopter also crossed its air defence identification zone, the island’s defence ministry reported on Friday
A Taiwanese Kuang Hua VI-class missile boat guards the island's port of Keelung on Friday as Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence reported the deployment of Chinese warships and aircraft near the island.
The deployment of Chinese military hardware near Taiwan came after Chinese President Xi Jinping declared on Thursday during his meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that it is "wishful" thinking to expect Beijing to compromise on Taiwan. On Wednesday and Thursday, China's Shandong aircraft carrier also sailed through Taiwan's southeastern waters on its way to the western Pacific, hours before Tsai met McCarthy in Los Angeles.
Its response to the Tsai-McCarthy meeting has so far been on a much lower level, but still left Taiwan on alert. The display prompted calls from the United States asking China "to cease its military, diplomatic and economic pressure against Taiwan and instead engage in meaningful diplomacy".
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