Taiwan said it would defend itself and strike back against Chinese military incursions into its territorial waters and airspace, an unusually strong warning that comes as Beijing steps up drills and patrols around the self-ruled island.
China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, has dispatched hundreds of jet fighters and warships near Taiwan following a visit to the island by the U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in early August. On dozens of occasions, they have crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, the roughly 100-mile-wide body of water that separates Taiwan and mainland China.