US condemns ‘provocative’ Chinese military activity near Taiwan
Al JazeeraUS State Department spokesman called on Beijing to cease its ‘military, diplomatic’ coercion against Taiwan. The United States has condemned China’s largest-ever incursion into Taiwan’s air defence zone, which it described as “provocative” and “destabilising” military activity. US State Department spokesman Ned Price on Sunday called on Beijing to cease its “military, diplomatic, and economic pressure and coercion against Taiwan”. “The United States is very concerned by the People’s Republic of China’s provocative military activity near Taiwan, which is destabilising, risks miscalculations, and undermines regional peace and stability,” Price said in a statement. The ADIZ is not the same as Taiwan’s territorial airspace, but includes a far greater area that overlaps with part of China’s air defence identification zone and even includes some of mainland China.