China Says Its Military Activities Around Taiwan ‘Reasonable, Justified’

A Taiwan Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet takes off at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu on December 29, 2025. Photo by CHENG YU-CHEN / AFP
A Taiwan Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet takes off at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu on December 29, 2025. Photo by CHENG YU-CHEN / AFP

China’s regular military activities around Taiwan are “entirely justified and reasonable,” and any tensions are the fault of the government in Taipei, the Chinese defense ministry said in a rare comment on Friday.

China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, sends its warships and warplanes into the waters and skies around the island on an almost daily basis, to the condemnation of the Taiwanese government.

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