China’s Naval Push in East Asia Alarms Taiwan and Japan

China’s naval push deeper into East Asia, prompting Taiwan and Japan to step up surveillance as tensions rising in Indo-Pacific.
File image of a Chinese PLA Navy warship operating in disputed waters in the South China Sea. China’s naval push deeper into East Asia, prompting Taiwan and Japan to step up surveillance as tensions rising in Indo-Pacific. (Photo: Ted ALJIBE / AFP)

A cluster of Chinese navy ships steamed across East Asian waters on Thursday morning, part of a largest China naval deployments in East Asia.

Regional officials say the armada now stretches from the Yellow Sea through the East China Sea (Diaoyutai/Senkaku) and South China Seas into the western Pacific, far beyond the Taiwan Strait, prompting Taipei and Tokyo to step up surveillance.

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