![]() ![]() Photograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA ‘This happens frequently’īut amid the round-the-clock global coverage, there was still a distinct lack of panic among Taiwanese. The Taiwanese frigate Ning Yang at a harbour in Keelung city, Taiwan, on 5 August. The ministry of foreign affairs also pledged “more countermeasures”. It announced sanctions against Pelosi and her direct relatives, before suspending or cancelling multiple cooperation mechanisms and dialogues with the US. Its ambassador to France told a reporter Taiwan’s people would be “re-educated”, alarming those familiar with China’s treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Chinese military officials lauded their tactics as demonstrating the sort of major blockade China would one day use against Taiwan for real. It accused its critics of being evil, of interfering with internal affairs, and declared its response to be just and right. The US accused China of choosing to overreact, while its secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told Asean China’s reaction was “ flagrantly provocative”.īeijing only doubled down. ![]() The US, Japan, Australia, the EU, the G7, and Asean were among the foreign governments or multilateral groups to condemn hostilities or call for calm. The president, Tsai Ing-wen, called for international condemnation.Ĭhina's actions are 'extreme, disproportionate and escalatory', says Blinken – video Taiwan sent navy vessels to the median line to drive away the PLA, scrambled jets and deployed land-based missile systems to monitor the situation. Japan said at least five missiles landed within its exclusive economic zone, and some had flown over Taiwan’s main island, just south of Taipei. The PLA fired almost a dozen Dongfeng ballistic missiles on Thursday, and made dozens of incursions over the highly symbolic median line. ![]() Signboards at railway stations and in-store screens at the ubiquitous 7-Eleven stores were also hacked, to display messages calling Pelosi a warmonger in the simplified Chinese text used in China. Thursday morning began with reports of multiple warplane incursions into the ADIZ, and cyber-attacks targeting the websites of the president’s office and the ministries of foreign affairs and defence. Pelosi addressed parliament and met the president, senior ministers, dignitaries and officials on Wednesday before flying out that afternoon. ![]()
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