New day from Chinese raids in the skies and seas around Taiwan. The Ministry of Defense of Taiwan reported that as of 5 p.m. local time, a total of 13 Chinese People’s Liberation Army ships and 39 aircraft were spotted in the island’s airspace. Twenty-one of the planes was spotted flew over the eastern part of the Taiwan Strait centerline and into the southwest air defense identification zone, the ministry added. The Armed Forces of Taipei They have kept the situation under control in these activities with aircraft, naval vessels and land missile systems.
The long wave of the visit of the Speaker of the American House Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan on August 2, it still has an effect a week later. Beijing continues its military exercises around while Taipei protests. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry “strongly condemns China’s decision to expand military exercises” on the supposedly independent island, which Beijing regards as a “rebellious province”. “China’s provocation and aggression have undermined it Status quo in the Taiwan Strait and heightened tensions in the region,” a note released by the released said ministrywho returns to ask for a stop to China. but Beijing it doesn’t seem to be dropping an inch, not only on a military level but also on a propaganda level. According to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, China actually launched “272 attempts at disinformation” in the past week, using fake news such as the “alleged missile attack on the international airport.” Taoyuan Taiwan” – the news of which was breaking as the Speaker of the House landed in Taipei – and the apparent proximity of a Chinese warship to the east coast of Taiwan.
“I’m not worried, though I’m afraid these movements,” the President said Joe Biden about the recent Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan. “But – added the US President – I don’t think they will do anything else”. As for the visit of the speaker Nancy Pelosi a Taiwanwhich prompted Beijing’s response, Biden commented, “It was his decision.” This was reported by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins following the US President’s visit to the flooded population Eastern Kentucky. A choice not openly shared by Biden, but not even openly rejected during the PentagonIn the days immediately preceding Pelosi’s visit to Taipei, he had attempted to dissuade the speaker from this hasty move, perhaps in anticipation of a strong Chinese response. Which arrived on time and which has been like this for days now.
CULINARY PROPAGANDA – Hua Chunying, head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Information Department, posted a tweet giving a kind of review of Chinese restaurants in Taiwan. “The Baidu maps (the Chinese Google, ed.) show that they are there 38 ravioli restaurants Shandong and 67 Shanxi noodle restaurants in Taipei,” Hua wrote. “The taste buds do not betray. Taiwan has always been a part of China. The long lost child will eventually return hometown‘ Hua wrote in the tweet. The tweet, posted at the end of four days of large-scale extraordinary military exercises across Taiwan, even provoked ironic reactions from the social community. “There are over 100 ramen restaurants in Taipei, so Taiwan is definitely part of Japan,” countered one user. And again “Google Maps shows that in Beijing there are 17 McDonald’s, 18 KFC, 19 Burger King and 19 Starbucks. The taste buds don’t give it away. China has always been part of America. The long lost child will eventually come home,” relaunched another. Irony also at the highest level. Morgan Ortagus, a former Pentagon spokesman, noted that “there are over 8,500 KFC (Kentucky fried chicken) restaurants in China. The taste buds don’t give it away. China has always been a part of Kentucky. The long-lost child will eventually return home.” Twitter, darkened in China and only accessible via VPNis a tool widely used by diplomats Beijing. The spokesman for the Foreign Office Zhao LijianFor example, he is known for his highly controversial posts reviving conspiracy theories COVID-19 brought to Wuhan by the American military.