Chinese warships approach close to Taiwan's contiguous zone, sources say

Chinese warships approach close to Taiwan's contiguous zone, sources say

More than 10 Chinese military ships approached close to Taiwan's 24 nautical mile (44.4 kilometer) contiguous zone on Tuesday, April 1, morning and Taiwan sent its own warships to respond, two senior Taiwan officials told Reuters.

Taiwan has not yet detected any live fire by the Chinese military so far, one of the officials said.

China's military on Tuesday said it had begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan to "serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent against Taiwanese independence," calling Taiwan's President Lai Ching-Te a "parasite."

Taiwan's defense ministry on Tuesday released video of Chinese vessels as seen from on board a Taiwanese naval ship.

The exercises around the democratically governed island, which China views as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring under its control, come after Lai called Beijing a "foreign hostile force" last month.

TAIWAN DEFENSE MINISTRY / REUTERS

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