Taiwan threatened with Chinese military drills

Taiwan's government says it is threatened by China's actions to hold massive military exercises around the island, which is home to more than 23 million p

It is known that the military exercises carried out by China during August 4-7 2022, occurred since the visit of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan on Tuesday this week.

With the presence of military exercises around the island, Taiwan admits that it continues to receive threats from China.

As for the statement regarding the Taiwan situation, it was revealed by the Taiwan Economic and Trade Office (TETO) in Indonesia on Saturday, August 6, 2022.

According to John Chen, TETO's representative in Indonesia, the military exercises held by China are in 6 areas near Taiwan, namely the north, northeast, northwest, east, south and southwest of the island.

As a result, Taiwan was hit by a sea and air blockade that affected 17 international shipping lanes and 7 international ports.

"These military exercises have blockaded Taiwan's air and sea, affected the operations of 17 international shipping lanes and 7 international ports from Taiwan, and several drills have invaded territorial waters," TETO Representative John Chen said in his latest statement. News.

Taiwan also said China had tried to disrupt peace with the military exercises, including harming the interests of aircraft and ships passing through the region.

"Peace in the Taiwan Strait is very important for the region, and at the same time it will also affect the welfare of most of the Indonesian diaspora in Taiwan," Chen said.

In addition, China has issued a number of penalties for the US related to Pelosi's visit which occurred on Tuesday night, August 2, 2022.

China said Pelosi's visit was only trying to undermine the foundations of the China-US partnership.

Finally, China firmly took action to punish the US, which aims to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Meanwhile, five Chinese authorities agreed to punish the US, namely the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) for Taiwan Affairs, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Assembly (CPPCC). ) Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of National Defense (MND).***