Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense: China's military will "regularize" entry into the Taiwan Strait gray zone

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said, "The Chinese military has crossed the 'Taiwan Strait Median Line', which has been regarded as the de facto border between China and Taiwan, and entered the 'gray zone' such as entering the ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone) will be made permanent."

According to Taiwanese media outlets such as Renbo on October 3rd, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense made the above statement through its latest work report, which had already been submitted, ahead of the Legislative Yuan (National Assembly) work report on 5th.

In a report, Taiwan's Ministry of Defense said, "At a time when the eyes of the world were focused on the Ukraine war, China was unilaterally criticizing the current situation in the Taiwan Strait, such as crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait. It is destroying and expanding the scope of its activities."

"During military exercises in August, the Chinese military conducted information warfare, cyber warfare, and cognitive warfare that shook the public at the same time in an attempt to lower the morale of the Taiwanese military, fearing that war was approaching. spread all over the world," they said.

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said, "This is because China's increased naval and air force military actions within the first island chain linking Okinawa, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the Straits of Malacca are exerting strong pressure on Taiwan, as well as in the Indo-Pacific region. It represents our ambitions for military expansion into the United States and is intended to impact regional and global security."

However, the Taiwanese military emphasized, "In response to the constant entry of the Chinese military into the gray zone, we will actively respond to it by repelling it with warning broadcasts through military aircraft and warships, and by operating monitoring and air defense missile tracking and surveillance systems."