Taiwan says 18 Chinese military aircraft
have crossed the unofficial line
dividing the two sides since Friday the
show of force from China comes as
taiwan's president chai England
continues a diplomatic tour of Central
America on her way back she is expected
to stop over in Los Angeles to meet with
U.S House speaker Kevin McCarthy China
has denounced the plan and threatened to
retaliate if the meeting goes ahead
Beijing considers Taiwan a breakaway
Province and does not rule out
reunification by force
let's talk about all this with Chia
chunier DW correspondent in Taipei who
is watching this story closely for us
these incidents seem to be occurring
more often what's your take on that
and yes according to taiwan's defense
Ministries uh official announcement this
morning there were actually in fact 18
Chinese military aircraft and four
vessels detected around Taiwan the past
24 hours and including knife fighter
jets and one military drone that crossed
we so called median line of Taiwan
straight but it's worth noting that um
you know this time it's a bit unusual
you see that a Chinese aircrafts have
crossed the northern Central and
Southern medium line of Taiwan street at
the same time and that is actually a
little bit more rare for China to do so
and you can see that China is actually
you know increased the pressure on
Taiwan to intimidate
taiwan's president chai England is set
to meet with Kevin McCarthy during her
trip to the Americas as you well know
could this meeting have something to do
with China's recent provocations
well you know actually that's how local
media here in Taipei they interpret
China's latest military move and before
tying when taiwan's President she
visited to the U.S and Central America
China has already made it clear that if
Thai meets with Kevin McCarthy and
Beijing would definitely retaliate and
that's also why a Taiwan media and
people here are link China's reaction to
the its you know dry its military
drone and it's just flying close to the
or even across the border of the median
line of the Taiwan street but you know
um it's still on note that if there will
be any changes to Thai's plan due to
China's latest reaction
within the confines of our platform here
of course tell us more about this
unofficial border remind us why and on
what grounds this border is contested
um yes uh as she said that it's actually
an official border between Taiwan and
Mainland China and in the past like four
years uh China has seldom sent military
uh Jets or drones to this area often
it's in the in Southern and Eastern uh
area of it but in recent years
especially since last August when uh
then U.S House speaker Nancy pelusi
visited Taiwan since then China has been
increasing its pressure on time on
Taiwan and you know it sent more and
more Jazz and uh in its drones to a
median line of Taiwan Street
watch this space that is uh Chia chunier
DW correspondent in Taipei many thanks