China condemns “unwanted intervention” in Taiwan, and deploys planes South China Sea News

Beijing has sent more ships to the disputed South China Sea, when an analyst said it was a “strategic scare”.

China has said it will “never allow” foreign intervention in Taiwan-related issues, a self-governing democratic island that China claims on its own, after Taiwan reported the largest ever attack on Chinese airspace and Beijing sent more ships into the South China Sea.

A total of 28 Chinese military aircraft, including fighters and nuclear bombers, entered the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday, the Taiwanese government said.

The incident took place after a joint statement by the leaders of the Seven Groups on Sunday criticizing China on various issues and reaffirming the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

Asked at a press conference on Wednesday whether military activity was linked to the G7 statement, Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, blamed the Taiwanese government for the tensions.

Beijing has been stepping up pressure on the island since Tsai Ing-wen became president in 2016 and believes the island’s government is working with foreign countries to achieve formal independence.

“We will never accept attempts by foreign forces to seek independence or sufficient intervention in the Taiwan issue, so we must give a strong response to these acts of conflict,” Ma said.

Taiwan has been complaining in recent months repeated missions by the Chinese air force around the island, especially in the southwest of its air defense zone, near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.

However, this time not only did Chinese planes fly in an area near the Pratas Islands, but some bombers and fighters surrounded it in the southern tip of Taiwan near the lower end of the island, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry reported.

‘Strategic intimidation’

The flight took place on the same day The U.S. Navy says a group of carriers led by the USS Ronald Reagan have entered the South China Sea disputed.

“The Ronald Reagan Strike team did not interact with Chinese military aircraft,” Carrier Strike Group 5 spokesman spokesman Lieutenant Commander Joe Keiley said in an email in response to questions about whether Chinese aircraft approached them.

“The strike group during the South China Sea operations, all communications between ships and aircraft have complied with international standards and have not affected our operations.”

A senior official familiar with Taiwan’s security planning told Reuters that he believed China wanted to send a message to the U.S. that the carrier was traveling through the Bashi Channel, separating Taiwan from the Philippines and heading to the South China Sea.

“It’s a strategic fear of the U.S. military. The United States wanted to notice their capability and maintain their behavior,” the official said.

Taiwan should pay attention that the Chinese military has begun conducting drills in the southeastern part of Taiwan’s ADIZ (air defense identification zone).

The source said that “to some extent it was targeting our expansions in the east and increasing the pressure for air defense around our ADIZ.”

There are two major air bases on the east coast of Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack, with hangers hanging from the sides of the mountains.

#Chinese warships in the South China Sea in early June. Figure 1 shows the CHAGANHU 967 supply vessel type 901 with type 052D # destructive NANNING 162; CHAGANHU commissioned it at the end of 2018, NANNING in May 2021. The final view shows the 071 type QILIANSHAN 985 amphibious boat, also commissioned in May pic.twitter.com/ltNnvZdpiV

– Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) June 16, 2021

In recent days, China has also deployed surveillance forces in the waters of the South China Sea.

The U.S. military recently denounced it Chinese spy ships on Spratly’s Fiery Cross Reef, is considered to be the most advanced of the Chinese bases in the open sea.

Chinese naval patrols were also seen in the vicinity, and ships from the airport’s reefs were also seen.

Supplies, destroyers and amphibians have also been reported in the South China Sea in recent weeks, reports and social media posts have reported.