Overview
- Taiwan’s defense ministry said 207 Chinese military aircraft operated around the island over 48 hours, with 125 crossing the Taiwan Strait’s tacit median line.
- Officials reported 27 rocket rounds fired into northern and southwest waters, with some landing unusually close to Taiwan’s coast, including near Taipei’s offshore area.
- China’s Eastern Theater Command deployed destroyers, bombers, assault ships and drones, conducting blockade, anti‑submarine and port‑seizure training alongside long‑range live‑fire strikes.
- Taipei criticized Chinese state media video suggesting drone activity over central Taipei as information warfare and said the footage may be fabricated.
- International reactions included a bipartisan U.S. House committee condemning intentional escalation, statements of concern from the UK, France and Germany, and Japan formally conveying its concerns to Beijing.