Taiwan's defense ministry reported it had detected 24 Chinese air force planes.
China has over the past three years regularly flown its air force into the skies near the island, though not into Taiwan's territorial air space.
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US and Canadian navies were conducting a joint exercise in the strait, which separates the island of Taiwan and China, when the Chinese ship cut in front.
A senior US defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that since 2021 China had declined or not responded to over a dozen requests to talk with the Pentagon.
We should draw a lesson, once again, that the lethality of a global pandemic requires collective collaboration from every country in the world, as disease knows no borders.
Beijing stressed that the United States must correct its handling of the Taiwan issue and stop the hollowing out of the "one China" principle.
Scholz's government is developing a new China strategy to reduce dependence on Asia's economic superpower, a vital export market for German goods.
The move came after China and South Korea exchanged harsh words over Yoon's comments in a recent interview with Reuters.