U.S. Says It Is Concerned by China’s ‘Provocative Military Activity’ Near Taiwan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – America is anxious by China’s navy exercise close to Taiwan, which it referred to as “provocative” and “destabilizing,” the White Home stated on Monday.

“We’ll proceed to help Taiwan in sustaining a enough self-defense functionality consistent with our long-standing commitments and in line with our one China coverage,” the White Home Nationwide Safety Council stated in a press release.

Seventy-one Chinese language air power plane together with fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone prior to now 24 hours, the island’s authorities stated on Monday, the most important reported incursion to this point.

(Reporting by Idrees Ali, writing by Kanishka Singh; Enhancing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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