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Amid escalating tensions, Taiwan's defense ministry has raised concerns about China's increased military activity near the island. Taiwan has reported the detection of 103 Chinese warplanes circling Taiwan within a 24-hour timeframe. This development reflects China's growing military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan as relations between the two have deteriorated in recent years.

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00:00 Taiwan's defence ministry has issued a stern call for China to seize its destructive unilateral

00:10 action following a significant surge in Chinese military operations near the island.

00:15 The ministry expressed concerns that such actions could escalate tensions substantially

00:19 in the region.

00:20 China, which considers Taiwan its own territory despite its democratic governance, has been

00:25 intensifying military exercises near the island as part of its efforts to assert sovereignty

00:31 claims and exert pressure on Taipei.

00:34 Over the weekend, Taiwan's defence ministry reported a total of 103 Chinese military aircraft

00:40 operating near the island, marking a recent high.

00:44 These activities included fighter jets breaching the unofficial median line of the Taiwan Strait,

00:49 which had previously served as a demarcation between the two sides, before China began

00:54 crossing it regularly a year ago.

00:57 Additionally, other aircraft were observed traversing south of Taiwan through the Bashi

01:03 Channel, separating the island from the Philippines.

01:07 Taiwan's defence ministry emphasised that China's recent actions posed serious challenges

01:12 to regional security in the Taiwan Strait and the broader area.

01:16 It called upon Beijing to assume responsibility and immediately halt such destructive unilateral

01:21 actions.

01:23 In addition to the air force's proximity to Taiwan, China dispatched more than 100

01:28 naval vessels for exercises in the region, including the South China Sea and off Taiwan's

01:34 northeastern coast.

01:36 This scale of naval exercises was described as the largest in the years by a regional

01:41 security official.

01:42 Taiwan's defence ministry noted that the period from July to September is traditionally

01:47 the peak season for Chinese military drills along its coasts.

01:51 While the precise political motivations behind these drills remain uncertain, experts suggest

01:56 that China is increasing pressure on Taiwan by conducting longer missions across the median

02:02 line and improving its ability to operate fighters further out at sea.

02:07 China's focus on bolstering its air power facing Taiwan, as evidenced by the permanent

02:12 deployment of new fighters and drones at expanded air bases, has raised concerns in Taiwan's

02:18 defence community.

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