China is holding major war games around Taiwan, where the United States strengthens relations with Japan to deter “Chinese military aggression”

Taipei, Taiwan -The Chinese army declared large -scale exercises in the water and the air field around Taiwan on Tuesday, including the battle of the aircraft carrier, as it again warned of the island’s self -governing democracy against the request of official independence. Joint training includes the naval forces, air land and missile, and it is supposed to be “a strong warning and a strong containment against the independence of Taiwan,” according to Shi Yi, a spokesman for the Eastern Army’s Eastern theater leadership. No operating name has been announced for training or previous notice.

China Taiwan is part of its territory, where it is placed under its control By force if necessaryWhile most of the Taiwanese prefer their actual independence and democracy. Any conflict can bring the United States, which maintains a series of alliances in the region and is linked under the United States Law to treat threats to Taiwan as “great concern.”

“The Chinese stark military provocations not only threaten peace in the Strait of #Taiwan, but also undermines security in the entire region, as it is clear from training near Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and SCS.

SCS refers to the South China Sea, the strategic waterway that China is almost entirely.

The Chinese navy was also held recently Exercises near Australia and New Zealand That has not given any warning, forced to redirect commercial flights at the last minute.

We focus on “deterring the Chinese communist military aggression”

China’s last exercise about Taiwan comes days after the visit of US Defense Secretary Beit Higseth Japan, where he announced a Enhancing military partnership close to America With the Asian nation, which aims directly to confront the Chinese “aggression” in the region.

On Sunday, Higseth described Japan as a “indispensable partner” in deterring the Chinese packages and announced a promotion from the American military leadership in Japan to the new “war control headquarters”. He stressed the need for the United States and Japan to exert more effort to enhance its military ability, as the region faces the Chinese blatant assertion of its countless regional conflicts in the region.

“Japan is our indispensable partner in deterring the Chinese Communist military aggression,” said Higseth at the beginning of his talks with Japanese Defense Minister General Nakatani in Tokyo. “The United States is moving quickly, as you know, to re -establish deterrence in this region and around the world.”

Japanese defense officials, officials of not disclosing his identity, said, quoting President Trump’s protocol, that Higseth’s visit came amid anxiety in Japan about how participation in the United States in the region could change under President Trump’s policy “America first”. Mr. Trump has He threatened to impose commercial tariffs In Japan, a major American ally, which caused more anxiety.

Nakatani said that the two sides agreed to accelerate plans to develop and produce missiles such as the advanced medium-range missiles of air, or Mraam, and think about the production of SM-6 missiles into the air, to help reduce ammunition deficiency. The ministers also agreed to accelerate the operation that involves the maintenance of US military ships and warplanes in Japan to enhance and supplement the Japanese and American defense industries.

There are more than 50,000 American soldiers based in Japan.

Last week, Tokyo launched the leadership of joint operations in Japan, or JJOC, whose mission is to coordinate the Japanese, naval and air defense forces, in an important measure to increase the enhancement of capabilities to respond to emergency situations and better cooperate with the United States

HegSeth announced on Sunday the upgrade of its current leadership, the Japanese American forces, by placing a unified operating commander to act as a joint force to contact his Japanese counterpart to be the “warfare headquarters” to support speed and the ability to join joint measures for their forces.

The Pentagon President described the American forces reorganizing a step to better prepare for a possible conflict. He said that America and Japan are working for peace, but “we must be prepared.”

The latest power exhibition in China about Taiwan

The Taiwanese National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it had followed 71 Chinese aircraft and 21 warships in the air and water surrounding the island during the Chinese exercise. He added that she was following the movement of the Shandong aircraft carrier since Saturday and that its carrier group entered the air defense identity area in Taiwan, a self -specific area followed by the army.

China regularly sends military assets to the region, which is not recognized by China, but Taiwanese officials have recently warned that China could launch an infiltrated attack under the guise of military exercises.

“I want to say that these measures reflect adequately destroying regional peace and stability,” said the Minister of Defense in Taiwan Wilgeon Co.

Ko said that Taiwan has established a central response group to monitor the latest exercises.

The exercises come just two weeks after a large -scale exercise in mid -March, when Beijing sent a large number of drones and ships towards the island.

The Chinese Taiwan Affairs Office said the exercises are directed Lay Cheng T.The head of Taiwan is strongly supporting independence.

“Lay Cheng Tim does not insist on the position of” Taiwan Independence “, and described the insolence of the main righteousness as a” enemy foreign power “, and has put forward the so -called” 17 -point strategy … we bear these anti -humiliation feelings, as it said, “.

In the middle of March, Lay Taiwan launched a 17 -point strategy aimed at increasing national security in Taiwan. The points include allowing the trial of espionage cases by military courts and making migration rules more striking for Chinese citizens who are applying for permanent residency.

Lay’s words and their actions seem to have especially angered Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who had not had a great influence attempts on the Taiwanese audience. This was often tense in response to the expressions of Taiwanese independence, including a visit by the American home leader at the time Nancy Pelosi.

A new propaganda payment from China

PLA has also released a series of videos to publish its military exercises, including its exercises that they depicted as Lai as a green parasite “poisoning” the island by hatching smaller parasites. The video shows the head of Lai on the body of a swollen green worm, with a pair of eating sticks picking it up and roasting it over the flame over Taiwan.

Beijing sends warplanes and marine ships towards the island on a daily basis, seeking to wear Taiwanese defenses and morale, although the vast majority of 23 million people on the island refuse to demand sovereignty over Taiwan. In recent years, she has The scope and size of these exercises ascendedFrom sending small numbers of individual fighters and surveillance aircraft to send groups of aircraft, drones and ships.

“The Chinese People’s Liberation Army organized the naval and air forces to practice issues such as marine and land strikes, with a focus on testing the ability of the forces to carry out accurate strikes on some of the main targets of the Taiwan authorities in multiple directions,” said Zhang Che, a professor at the Chinese National Defense University in an interview with Chinese government television.

Taiwan and China were divided into the civil war 76 years ago, but the tensions have risen since 2016, when China has cut almost all contacts with Taipei.