Taiwan Says Debris From Chinese Rocket Fell in Its Northern Waters

Taiwan's domestically produced corvette class vessel Ta Chiang is paraded to demonstrate its combat readiness during a drill on the seas off the northern city of Keelung on Jan. 7, 2022. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images

Taiwan said on Sunday that China’s recent launch of a meteorological satellite has resulted in rocket wreckage crashing into its northern waters, where Beijing had previously imposed a three-day entry restriction on flights in the area.

Beijing launched its long March-4B rocket carrying the Fengyun-3G weather satellite on Sunday. The rocket blasted off at 9.36 a.m. local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Gansu province.