Taiwan has accused China of deploying more than 100 vessels in regional waters over the past few days, as fears the territory may be invaded by Beijing remain after Donald Trump’s visit. Joseph Wu, the Secretary-General at the Taiwanese National Security Council, took to X on Saturday to share a map, accusing Beijing of having deployed dozens of vessels around the First Island Chain, a geopolitically significant area encompassing the Japanese archipelago, Taiwan and northern Philippines among others.
He wrote on X: “Our ISR/intel shows that the #PRC has deployed over 100 vessels around the #1stIslandChain over the past few days, so soon after the #Beijing summit. In this part of the world, #China is the one & only PROBLEM wrecking the #StatusQuo & threatening regional peace & stability.”
