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A Chinese weather balloon has been spotted on one of its remote islands, according to Taiwan
Taiwan's defense ministry says a Chinese weather balloon has landed on one of its offshore islands amid US allegations that such ships were being sent around the world to spy on Washington and its allies. The ministry...
Updated: 39 months ago2 min read
Taiwan's defense ministry says a Chinese weather balloon has landed on one of its offshore islands amid US allegations that such ships were being sent around the world to spy on Washington and its allies.
Taiwan's defense ministry says a Chinese weather balloon has landed on one of its offshore islands amid US allegations that such ships were being sent around the world to spy on Washington and its allies.
The ministry statement on Thursday said the balloon was carrying equipment registered with a state-owned electronics company in the northern city of Taiyuan.
The find island of Tungyin belongs to the terrain of the island of Matsu off the coast of the Chinese province of Fujian.
Taiwan retained control of the islands after the factions split in 1949 amid civil war, and they are seen as the first line of defense should China comply with its threats to use force to control Taiwan if necessary.
calls and messages to the company named in the report, Taiyuan Wireless (Radio) First Factory Ltd., went unanswered. Information about the equipment is written in the simplified Chinese characters used in mainland China, rather than the traditional ones used in Taiwan, the ministry said.
China regularly sends military aircraft and warships into Taiwan's Air Identification Zone and across the Taiwan Strait midline.That has prompted Taiwan to boost military purchases from the US, expand domestic production of local planes, submarines and warships, and extend conscription to all men.
Washington is Taiwan's closest military and diplomatic ally, despite the lack of formal ties severed in 1979. Beijing strongly protests any contact between the island and the US.S., but his aggressive diplomacy has helped build strong bipartisan support for Taipei on Capitol Hill.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden said the US is developing "tighter rules" for tracking, surveillance and possible shooting down of unknown airborne objects after three weeks of high-stakes drama culminated by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy in the airfield Transit was triggered a large part of the country.
Biden has directed National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to lead a "cross-agency team" to review US procedures after the US shot down the Chinese balloon, as well as three other objects Biden told the USS. now assumes that it was most likely "benign" objects that were released by private companies or research institutions.
Although he had no regrets dismantling the three objects that have not yet been identified, Biden said he hoped the new rules would help "distinguish between those who are likely to pose security risks that require action and those who are not." do".
The ministry statement on Thursday said the balloon was carrying equipment registered with a state-owned electronics company in the northern city of Taiyuan.
The find island of Tungyin belongs to the terrain of the island of Matsu off the coast of the Chinese province of Fujian.
Taiwan retained control of the islands after the factions split in 1949 amid civil war, and they are seen as the first line of defense should China comply with its threats to use force to control Taiwan if necessary.
calls and messages to the company named in the report, Taiyuan Wireless (Radio) First Factory Ltd., went unanswered. Information about the equipment is written in the simplified Chinese characters used in mainland China, rather than the traditional ones used in Taiwan, the ministry said.
China regularly sends military aircraft and warships into Taiwan's Air Identification Zone and across the Taiwan Strait midline.That has prompted Taiwan to boost military purchases from the US, expand domestic production of local planes, submarines and warships, and extend conscription to all men.
Washington is Taiwan's closest military and diplomatic ally, despite the lack of formal ties severed in 1979. Beijing strongly protests any contact between the island and the US.S., but his aggressive diplomacy has helped build strong bipartisan support for Taipei on Capitol Hill.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden said the US is developing "tighter rules" for tracking, surveillance and possible shooting down of unknown airborne objects after three weeks of high-stakes drama culminated by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy in the airfield Transit was triggered a large part of the country.
Biden has directed National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to lead a "cross-agency team" to review US procedures after the US shot down the Chinese balloon, as well as three other objects Biden told the USS. now assumes that it was most likely "benign" objects that were released by private companies or research institutions.
Although he had no regrets dismantling the three objects that have not yet been identified, Biden said he hoped the new rules would help "distinguish between those who are likely to pose security risks that require action and those who are not." do".
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