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Chinese Warships Double Ahead of Expected Wargames, Taiwan Says

The Chinese communist regime has already held two rounds of wargames around the democratically ruled island nation this year.
Chinese Warships Double Ahead of Expected Wargames, Taiwan Says
A ship sails in the Taiwan Strait between the coast of Pingtan island (foreground), the closest point to Taiwan, and another island in China's southeast Fujian province on April 7, 2023. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Catherine Yang
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Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said on Dec. 8 that China has nearly doubled its number of warships around Taiwan in the past 24 hours. Fourteen ships were spotted near the island, up from eight the previous day. The ministry also reported four Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait, a narrow body of water between China and Taiwan.

The Chinese communist regime has already held two rounds of wargames around the democratically ruled island nation this year, and Taiwan’s security sources believe a third is coming.

Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.