US President Joe Biden’s administration is “communicating privately” with China after 52 Chinese military planes violated Taiwan’s air defense identification zone yesterday, 4 October. This was stated by White House spokesman Jen Psaki, denouncing similar intrusions last weekend by 93 aircraft of the Chinese Armed Forces an act of “coercion against Taiwan”. Psaki reiterated that the US commitment to the side of the island is “solid as a rock”, and affirmed that Washington has been clear about it “both publicly and privately”. “We are in contact (with the Chinese government) also privately, and we send clear messages through diplomatic channels,” the spokesperson said.
Another 52 Chinese People’s Liberation Army aircraft were detected yesterday in Taiwan’s Defense Identification Zone (Adiz), the largest ever detected incursion in a single day so far. This was announced by the Taipei Defense Ministry on its Twitter account, underlining that the new violation was conducted with 34 Shenyang J-16 fighters, 2 Su-30 fighters, two Shaanxi Y-8 (Y-8) anti-submarine warplanes. Asw), 12 Xian H-6 bombers and other aircraft.
This is the fourth consecutive raid in the last week, following 16 aircraft detected yesterday, 39 last October 2 and 38 on October 1, on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. The Taipei government responded to the sorties by taking off its military aircraft and, today, the island’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, called for talks with Australia to “prepare the island to face the state of war”. The statements were released on the news platform “Abc’s China” and, at the end of his speech, Wu said he was certain of the “tremendous suffering of China” in the event of a hypothetical attack on Taiwan.
The US State Department yesterday expressed “strong concern” over “China’s provocative military activities near Taiwan” after a month of almost daily violations of the island’s aerial identification zone by Chinese military aircraft. “The United States is very concerned about the provocative military activities of the People’s Republic of China near Taiwan, which destabilize, risk causing miscalculations and undermine regional peace and stability”, reads a note from the State Department spokesman. , Ned Prince. “We urge Beijing to end its military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan,” the statement added.
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