Taiwan and Japan expressed concern on Dec. 5 about what they described as a sharp rise in Chinese military and coast guard operations in East Asian waters.
Taiwan presidential spokesperson Karen Kuo told reporters in Taipei that President Lai Ching-te had directed the island’s security services to maintain constant vigilance amid what she described as widespread Chinese activity not limited to the Taiwan Strait.
According to Kuo, the deployments stretched “from the Yellow Sea down through waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, into the South China Sea and the western Pacific.”
Kuo said such movements “indeed pose a threat and impact to the Indo-Pacific and the whole region.” She added that Taiwan was calling on China “to live up to its responsibilities as a major power and to exercise restraint in its actions.”…
Taiwan, Japan Warn of Expanded Chinese Military Activity in East Asian Waters
