Taiwan on Monday said multiple formations of Chinese naval and coast guard vessels were moving in regional waters and around the Taiwan Strait. Beijing has not announced military drills or acknowledged the large-scale deployment cited by Taipei. Its naval forces, specifically, have significantly raised its posture around Taiwan and the Western Pacific,” Hsieh said. The maritime deployment was the largest since China began holding large-scale war games around Taiwan in the mid-1990s, according to the ministry. Visit to USThe Chinese military movement comes days after Lai made unofficial stops in Hawaii and Guam during a weeklong South Pacific tour, which wrapped Friday.

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