Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday it detected five Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait over the past 24 hours, one of which crossed the island, the latest in a spate of such balloons the ministry says it has spotted over the past month. The ministry this month accused China of threatening aviation safety and waging psychological warfare on the island's people with the balloons, days before key Taiwanese elections on January 13.
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Taiwan s military drove away
four attempts by Chinese forces to approach the island s
sensitive contiguous zone last month, Taiwan security officials
said, in what they see as a ramped-up Chinese. -December 12, 2023 at 09:00 pm EST
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Taiwan's military drove away four attempts by Chinese forces to approach the island's sensitive contiguous zone last month, Taiwan security officials said, in what they see as a ramped-up Chinese campaign to "intimidate" voters before key elections. Taiwan officials have repeatedly warned that China is trying to sway voters toward candidates seeking closer ties with Beijing, whose government has framed the Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections as a choice between "peace and war" and urged Taiwanese to make the "right choice". Taiwan has complained during the past four years of regular Chinese military incursions as Beijing increases pressure to try to force the democratically governed island to accept its sovereignty.
Beijing has sponsored
cut-price trips to China for hundreds of Taiwanese politicians
ahead of key elections on the island, according to Taiwan
sources and documents, unnerving officials with a broad. -December 01, 2023 at 12:50 am EST
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