{"id":1584445,"date":"2022-08-02T09:40:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584445"},"modified":"2022-08-02T10:03:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T14:03:27","slug":"chinese-ships-warplanes-taunt-taiwan-as-pelosis-plane-nears-contested-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-ships-warplanes-taunt-taiwan-as-pelosis-plane-nears-contested-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Ships, Warplanes Taunt Taiwan As Pelosi\u2019s Plane Nears Contested Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-ships-warplanes-taunt-taiwan-as-pelosis-plane-nears-contested-island%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584445&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1411347675-scaled-e1659445919153.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>China reportedly escalated military deployments near Taiwan, coming dangerously close to entering Taiwanese airspace as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s plane nears the contested island.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese warplanes buzzed the unofficial dividing line between Taiwanese and Chinese waters Tuesday, briefly touching it before circling back to base as Taiwanese aircraft stood ready to engage, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/pelosi-expected-arrive-taiwan-tuesday-sources-say-2022-08-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>, citing an anonymous source. Several Chinese warships also passed through waters adjacent to Taiwan on Tuesday morning, coordinating with the aircraft to put pressure on the median line in a \u201cvery provocative\u201d fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_203052410304657895xmsonormal\">\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party is raising the specter of war and should be punished for doing so\u2026. We need to act in such a way that the CCP sees that its security has been degraded, not improved, because it threatened the Speaker,\u201d Jacqueline Deal, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and president and CEO of the Long Term Strategy Group, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_203052410304657895xmsonormal\">While the warplanes departed, the Chinese ships remain in the area, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese social media users began <a href=\"https:\/\/euroweeklynews.com\/2022\/08\/02\/china-military-fujian-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posting<\/a> videos of tanks and troops moving across the southern Chinese city of <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Xiamen toward the Fujian province coast, which borders the Taiwan Strait, Tuesday. Reuters could not immediately verify the reports. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/29\/chinese-army-prepare-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Chinese Army Tells Citizens To \u2018Prepare For War\u2019 Amid Warnings To US Over Pelosi\u2019s Taiwan Trip)<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Latest footage circulating on Chinese social media WeChat shows armoured vehicles on the move in the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, as US Speaker Pelosi is reportedly heading to Taipei. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ePpJsO2VyM\">pic.twitter.com\/ePpJsO2VyM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bang Xiao \u8427\u90a6 (@BangXiao_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BangXiao_\/status\/1554379088475074561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The website of the government of Taiwan also suffered a brief outage Tuesday due a cyberattack originating from overseas, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/website-taiwans-presidential-office-receives-overseas-cyber-attack-source-2022-08-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Taiwanese ministry of defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnd.gov.tw\/English\/Publish.aspx?title=News%20Channel&#038;SelectStyle=Military%20News%20Update%20&#038;p=80159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">identified<\/a> air activity in the strait on Monday and said it will mobilize as needed to address \u201cenemy threats,\u201d Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese coast guard vessels also entered Japan\u2019s territorial waters Monday after a similar movement on July 8, a spokesman for the Japan Coast Guard\u2019s 11th Regional Headquarters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2022-08-01\/senkaku-japan-china-taiwan-pelosi-6837215.html?utm_source=sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=dfn-ebb&#038;SToverlay=2002c2d9-c344-4bbb-8610-e5794efcfa7d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi\u2019s plane will reportedly touch down in Taiwan at 10 p.m. local time, and the speaker is scheduled to hold meetings with Taiwanese leaders, including President Tsai Ing-wen, Wednesday, Reuters reported. The Taiwanese Office of the President would not publicly comment on the details Pelosi\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are closely following the itinerary of Speaker Pelosi,\u201d Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.cn\/eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/202208\/t20220801_10731629.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Monday. \u201cA visit to Taiwan by her would \u2026 greatly threaten peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, severely undermine China-US relations and lead to a very serious situation and grave consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NOW \u2013 China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army just posted a new video on WeChat ahead of Pelosi\u2019s potential visit to Taiwan.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QaiFcdGCn1\">pic.twitter.com\/QaiFcdGCn1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1554086730067738624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe will not take the bait or engage in sabre rattling. At the same time, we will not be intimidated,\u201d White House spokesman John Kirby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/08\/01\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-national-security-council-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> at a briefing Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The White House and Pentagon <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/01\/pelosi-taiwan-trip-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cautioned<\/a> Pelosi against the visit over fears it could <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/27\/us-military-prep-war-pelosi-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ignite<\/a> a conflict with China. The U.S. currently has two ships, an aircraft carrier and an amphibious vessel, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2022\/08\/01\/carrier-uss-ronald-reagan-two-f-35b-big-decks-operating-near-taiwan-as-pelosi-arrives-in-singapore-china-renews-threats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">operating<\/a> in the strait.<\/p>\n<p>China conducted live fire drills Saturday in the Taiwan strait, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/30\/china\/china-live-fire-exercises-taiwan-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to CNN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_203052410304657895xmsonormal\">The Chinese Embassy, Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry, as well as Pelosi\u2019s office, did not immediately respond to the DCNF\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China reportedly escalated military deployments near Taiwan, coming dangerously close to entering Taiwanese airspace as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s plane nears the contested island.Chinese warplanes buzzed the unofficial dividing line<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":899,"featured_media":1898345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Chinese Ships, Warplanes Taunt Taiwan As Pelosi\u2019s Plane Nears Contested Island","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1584445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Chinese Ships, Warplanes Taunt Taiwan As Pelosi\u2019s Plane Nears Contested Island","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}