{"id":2236285,"date":"2024-05-03T08:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/war-coming-soon-over-a-dozen-chinese-aircraft-seen-miles-away-from-port-city-where-key-military-base-resides\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T08:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:35:39","slug":"war-coming-soon-over-a-dozen-chinese-aircraft-seen-miles-away-from-port-city-where-key-military-base-resides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/war-coming-soon-over-a-dozen-chinese-aircraft-seen-miles-away-from-port-city-where-key-military-base-resides\/","title":{"rendered":"Is War Imminent? Chinese Aircraft Spotted Near Key Military Base Port City"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fwar-coming-soon-over-a-dozen-chinese-aircraft-seen-miles-away-from-port-city-where-key-military-base-resides%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=2236285&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--><p>The article discusses heightened \u200ctensions between China and Taiwan, with China conducting military activities\u200b near Taiwan and Taiwan reporting Chinese incursions. \u2063The situation\u2062 has escalated since\u200d the election of Taiwan&#8217;s new president, leading to concerns of\u2062 a possible conflict. The article also mentions recent diplomatic and military maneuvers by both parties, indicating a volatile situation in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 3, 2024 at 5:07am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>China continued it saber rattling with another aerial incursion across the Taiwan Strait late this week, according to the island nation\u2019s defense ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry, which provides daily updates on Chinese activity in the area, said during its Friday update that the latest incident included more than a dozen Chinese planes.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan said 14 \u201cmilitary aircraft\u201d crossed over to Taiwan\u2019s side of the Taiwan Strait, at one point getting as close as 41 nautical miles \u2014 about 47 standard miles \u2014 to the the city of Keelung, the location of a major Taiwanese naval base.<\/p>\n<p>The previous day, Taiwan said China had conducted a \u201cjoint combat readiness patrol,\u201d crossing a line over the water separating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taiwan-navy-aircraft-ordered-respond-chinese-force-approaches-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwan<\/a> from mainland China that had served as a de facto boundary between the two nations for years, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/taiwan-says-14-chinese-military-planes-crossed-straits-median-line-2024-05-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>China has repeatedly said that it does not recognize that boundary, as it claims Taiwan as its territory.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, China announced that it had conducted \u201ccombat drills with landing craft,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan said that the drills were the second carried out by China that week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Thursday, the Eastern Theatre Command of China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army, which is responsible for the area around Taiwan, showed pictures on its WeChat social media account of ships carrying out what it called live combat landing drills,\u201d Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you think China will invade Taiwan?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe vanguard of the landing team are always ready to fight,\u201d it said in a post accompanying the images, which showed what Reuters described as \u201cship-mounted guns opening fire and operating in formation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China did not give any details about the time or location of the drills, and did not answer calls from Reuters seeking comment, as China was celebrating its Labor Day holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have been escalating between China and Taiwan, especially since Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te as its next president in January.<\/p>\n<p>Lai is scheduled to be inaugurated on May 20, and \u201chas long faced Beijing\u2019s wrath for championing Taiwan\u2019s sovereignty,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/14\/asia\/profile-lai-ching-te-taiwan-new-president-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported following his election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaiwan National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Ming-yen said China had begun using unusual new tactics, including staging night time combat patrols and using landing ships and minesweepers in those patrols,\u201d Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>Its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-chinas-coast-guard-ramp-patrols-near-taiwans-kinmen-archipelago-two-fishermen-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coast Guard<\/a> has also stepped up patrols near Taiwans\u2019 Kinmen Islands, near mainland China\u2019s coast, a move Taiwan has labeled an attempt at intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>Lai\u2019s election has done nothing to reduce tensions in the area, particularly as Chinese President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chinas-xi-jinping-showed-total-lack-respect-biden-blunt-face-face-warning-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xi Jinping<\/a> is considered \u201cChina\u2019s most assertive leader in a generation,\u201d according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Under Xi, China has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/defense-secretary-issues-savage-response-china-warns-country-not-play-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increasingly pressured<\/a> Taiwan militarily, but also through diplomatic and economic means, CNN noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTensions across the Taiwan Strait are at their highest since 1996,\u201d the outlet noted, \u201cwhen China fired missiles into waters off Taiwan\u2019s coast to intimidate voters ahead of the island\u2019s first free presidential election \u2013 after the nascent democracy emerged from decades of its own authoritarian rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/china-threatens-retaliation-taiwan-tiktok-law-signed-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported Monday that China had threatened \u201cresolute and forceful steps\u201d after President Joe Biden signed legislation providing billions in military aide to allies in southeast Asia, including Taiwan, and forcing Chinese company ByteDance to sell the popular social media app TikTok for face a ban in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis package gravely infringes upon China\u2019s sovereignty. It includes large military aid to Taiwan, which seriously violates the one-China principle \u2026 and sends a seriously wrong signal to \u2018Taiwan independence\u2019 separatist forces,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said in a briefing Monday, according to Fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-gretchen-whitmer-vetoes-bills-helping-low-income-families-leave-failing-public-schools\/\" title=\"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Vetoes Bills Helping Low-Income Families Leave Failing Public Schools\">legislation undermines<\/a> the principles of market economy and fair competition by wantonly going after other countries\u2019 companies in the name of \u2018national security,\u2019 which once again reveals the U.S.\u2019s hegemonic and bullying nature,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rises-as-he-promises-hes-only-begun-to-fight-put-on-full-armor-of-god-to-fight-the-left\/\" title=\"DeSantis Rises As He Promises He\u2019s \u2018Only Begun To Fight\u2019: \u2018Put On Full Armor Of God\u2019 To Fight The Left\">fight back hard<\/a>, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karine-jean-pierre-turns-into-stuttering-mess-when-questioned-about-bidens-involvement-with-hunters-business-deals\/\" title=\"Karine Jean-Pierre Turns Into Stuttering Mess When Questioned About Biden's Involvement with Hunter's Business Deals\">active volunteer leader<\/a> in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s saber-rattling persists as it conducts another aerial incursion over the Taiwan Strait. The island nation&#8217;s defense ministry reported the event in its daily update on Chinese activities. 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