17/7/2025–|Last update: 11:00 (Mecca time)
The Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration said today, Thursday, that it has kept two Chinese ships that entered the country’s territorial waters off the island of Dongsha in the south. ChinaThis coincided with annual training by Taipei, simulating air strikes and a potential Chinese attack.
The exercises, during which the daily life stopped in the capital with the launch of the sirens, included the evacuation of the streets and the direction of the population towards the underground shelters, in addition to simulating the distribution of aid in wartime and dealing with mass injuries.
These exercises come in light of the escalation of tension with China, which is considered Taiwan Part of its lands and waved the use of force to subjugate it.
Taipei intensified her defensive preparations, as thousands of soldiers and reserves participated in the “Han Quang” military maneuvers, which included training in the fighting inside the cities and the use of advanced American weapons such as the “Steinger” mobile missiles.
Since he took power, the Taiwanese President Lay Cheng T has been keen to raise the awareness of citizens of the danger of Chinese threats, while observers considered that these exercises also aim to reassure the allies, led by the United States, seriously Taiwan in defending itself.
These moves come on the impact of China continuing its intensive military maneuvers on the island, amid Taiwanese warnings that Beijing represents the greatest threat to regional stability.
China considers the island to “Marqa” to be seized, and in recent years it has increased its military activity about Taiwan waters and its air field, and has intensified the deployment of fighters and warships to pressure the island to fulfill its demands for sovereignty over it, which Taipei rejects.