Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) declared on Thursday that it is undertaking "a more careful evaluation" of this year's Kinmen-Xiamen Strait Crossing Swim, amid rising worries that the event might be canceled for the first time due to political strain, Focus Taiwan reported.
China's increased military activity near Taiwan ahead of the Han Kuang drills drew U.S. criticism, calling it destabilising. Taiwan detected 41 Chinese aircraft and tracked a carrier rocket. The U.S. urged China to avoid provocation and reiterated support for Taiwan's security.
According to Taiwan's MND, 27 out of 41 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, central and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
The inspections carried out by Taiwan's primary intelligence agency on five Chinese social media platforms, including Weibo, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud, revealed significant breaches of users' communication security across various criteria.
Taiwan's Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim announced on Saturday that she will not be intimidated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in light of claims that Chinese agents intended to crash into her vehicle during a 2024 visit to the Czech Republic.
Czech Military Intelligence revealed that their Chinese counterparts tried to set the stage for a staged incident involving Hsiao, which "did not progress beyond the planning phase," said agency director Petr Bartovsky in an interview with Czech Radio, as noted by CNA.
A former member of the coast guard was charged on Wednesday for allegedly gathering and transferring sensitive military data to China in exchange for financial compensation for two years, before his resignation in 2024, as reported by the Kaohsiung prosecutors according to Central News Agenc
According to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND), eight out of 12 sorties crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's central, southwestern, and eastern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
"All our actions aim to avert conflict, whether it arises in 2027, earlier, or later," Hsiao remarked during a conversation with American podcaster Shawn Ryan on the "Shawn Ryan Show."