New alert a Taiwan. The Ministry of Defense in Taipei reports that it has registered the presence of 23 hunting e 5 Chinese naval ships around the island, which is de facto independent but which Beijing considers a “rebel province” to be “reunified”.
Twenty military planes, Taipei specifies, passed the so-called “median line” of the Taiwan Strait, which Beijing does not recognize. “The Taiwan Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded accordingly,” the ministry said. A month ago, on May 20, the new president of Taiwan took office, William Lai (Lai Ching-te), considered a “dangerous separatist” by Beijing.
Earlier today, Taiwan urged its citizens to avoid traveling to China and China’s semi-autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau, after Beijing threatened to execute supporters of Taipei independence. The appeal of the spokesperson and deputy head of the Taiwan Council for Mainland Affairs Liang Wen-chieh he arrived during a press conference. The threat to execute those China considers gods secessionists came after the election of pro-independence President Lai Ching-te. Taipei, Liang said, reminds its citizens that such trips “entail real risks“. The government, he specified, is not banning these visits but advises those who travel to the affected territories not to express political opinions and not to bring books with them or post online content on topics that the Beijing authorities could use to arrest them and pursue them.
Every year hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese move to China or go there for work. business, tourism o family visits. China has also hosted visits from local Taiwanese officials and leaders of the opposition Nationalist Party, which supports an eventual unification between the two territories. There are direct flights between Taiwan and China and the Chinese are allowed to travel to the island, although Beijing has severely limited tourism to Taiwan with the aim of exercising a economic pressure on the government. He also conducted military exercises and deploys planes and warships around the island every day.
