{"id":5750,"date":"2023-04-13T17:19:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5750"},"modified":"2025-10-18T12:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:07:44","slug":"china-warns-of-rocket-wreckage-in-northeastern-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/asia\/asia-pacific\/china\/china-warns-of-rocket-wreckage-in-northeastern-taiwan\/2023\/04\/13\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"China warns of rocket wreckage in northeastern Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAIPEI,<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> China’s<\/span> local<\/span> shipping<\/span> authority<\/span> warned<\/span> of<\/span> possible<\/span> missile<\/span> debris<\/span> in<\/span> waters<\/span> northeast<\/span> of<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> and<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> ban<\/span> ships<\/span> from<\/span> entering<\/span> the<\/span> area<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> maritime<\/span> safety<\/span> bureau<\/span> of<\/span> southern<\/span> Fujian<\/span> has<\/span> announced<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> ban<\/span> ships<\/span> from<\/span> entering<\/span> the<\/span> port<\/span> from<\/span> March<\/span> 9.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> announcement<\/span> comes<\/span> after<\/span> China<\/span> held<\/span> major<\/span> military<\/span> drills<\/span> in<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> Taiwanese<\/span> President<\/span> Tsai<\/span> Ing-wen’s<\/span> transit<\/span> visit<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> last<\/span> week,<\/span> where<\/span> she<\/span> met<\/span> US<\/span> House<\/span> Speaker<\/span> Kevin<\/span> McCarthy<\/span> in<\/span> California.<\/span> ,<\/span> which<\/span> officially<\/span> ended<\/span> on<\/span> Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tensions<\/span> remain<\/span> high,<\/span> with<\/span> China<\/span> sending<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 200<\/span> fighter<\/span> jets<\/span> to<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> weekend,<\/span> while<\/span> its<\/span> own<\/span> naval<\/span> vessels<\/span> circled<\/span> the<\/span> autonomous<\/span> island.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> announcement<\/span> designates<\/span> a<\/span> rectangular<\/span> area<\/span> northeast<\/span> of<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> East<\/span> China<\/span> Sea.<\/span> The<\/span> notice<\/span> sheds<\/span> more<\/span> light<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> no-fly<\/span> zone<\/span> China<\/span> warned<\/span> to<\/span> set<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> week.<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Transport<\/span> announced<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> has<\/span> received<\/span> notice<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Civil<\/span> Aviation<\/span> Administration<\/span> of<\/span> China<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> set<\/span> up<\/span> a<\/span> “flight<\/span> restricted”<\/span> control<\/span> zone<\/span> and<\/span> establish<\/span> a<\/span> no-fly<\/span> zone<\/span> in<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> northern<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> from<\/span> April<\/span> 16<\/span> to<\/span> 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

Taiwan<\/span> vehemently<\/span> protested<\/span> the<\/span> notification,<\/span> saying<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> morning<\/span> of<\/span> April<\/span> 16<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> managed<\/span> to<\/span> get<\/span> China<\/span> to<\/span> shorten<\/span> the<\/span> flight<\/span> ban<\/span> from<\/span> three<\/span> days<\/span> to<\/span> 27<\/span> minutes.It<\/span> is<\/span> unclear<\/span> what<\/span> China<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> do<\/span> at<\/span> this<\/span> time.<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> defense<\/span> ministry<\/span> said<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> investigating<\/span> the<\/span> matter,<\/span> but<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> provide<\/span> further<\/span> details.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>China<\/span> claims<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> as<\/span> its<\/span> own<\/span> territory,<\/span> a<\/span> claim<\/span> that<\/span> has<\/span> become<\/span> a<\/span> contentious<\/span> bone<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> relationship<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> island’s<\/span> biggest<\/span> unofficial<\/span> ally,<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States.<\/span> The<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> sells<\/span> Taiwanese<\/span> weapons,<\/span> and<\/span> many<\/span> US<\/span> lawmakers<\/span> have<\/span> visited<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> to<\/span> express<\/span> their<\/span> support.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – China’s local shipping authority warned of possible missile debris in waters northeast of Taiwan and said it would ban ships from entering the area.\u00a0 The maritime safety bureau of southern Fujian has announced that it will ban ships from entering the port from March 9. The announcement comes after China held […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2425,280,9929,24,26,276],"tags":[3393,152,3394,153,3395,1536,3397,1861,3825,2219,3826,3112,3113,3115,3118,3119,3120,3121,3389,3391,3392],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/chinataiwan.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5756,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750\/revisions\/5756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}