‘Chinese military drills pose enormous threat’

AIPEI: Frequent and increased Chinese military drills pose an “enormous threat” to Taiwan’s security, Taipei warned on Tuesday in an annual defence review that starkly highlighted rising cross-strait tensions.

China views Taiwan as part

Beijing has stepped up drills around the island since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen took acknowledge both sides are part

Local media estimate Chinese warplanes have conducted at least 20 drills around Taiwan this year,

The latest known drill took place last week when several Chinese

enormous threat to security in the minister Feng Shih-kuan said in

The report highlighted the David versus Goliath mismatch be Taiwan’s military needed to adapt to a “multiple deterrence strategy”

The report estimated Chinese troop numbers at two million compared to around 210,000 in

“Taiwan cannot compare with - tary developments,” Feng said in

Instead Taiwan was “seriously reviewing and drawing a plan to deter advances by the Chinese

In response to increasing Chi- Taiwan established its own cyber army command centre this year, which currently has around 1,000

It has also restructured its air

month, prompting South Korea

Earlier this year, China sent Liaoning, through the Taiwan Strait during a drill as a show