Taiwan is on alert while monitoring Chinese jets and warships which carried out exercises near Taiwan and into the Western Pacific on Thursday, defense ministry said.
Earlier, jet fighters, bomber planes and early warning aircraft had flown through the Miyako Strait, between the southern Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa and to the northeast of Taiwan, and into the Pacific, Xinhua news agency said.
They then carried out drills with Chinese warships in the area to improve inter-operability between the two services, Xinhua said.
“This exercise is part of annual plans for the navy, is not aimed at a specific country or target, and accords with relevant international laws and norms,” it added in a brief report.
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