No major PLA activities near Taiwan after ‘troublemaker’ Lai’s policy speech

Figures released by Taiwan’s defence ministry showed there was no increase in the number of PLA warplanes and warships detected near the island following William Lai Ching-te’s Double Tenth address on October 10.

According to the Taiwanese figures, the PLA conducted seven to 27 sorties per day in the week following Lai’s speech.

It was a different story last year, when the PLA responded with a show of force around the island in war games dubbed “Joint Sword-2024B” that involved 153 warplane sorties.

Beijing said at the time that the massive drill aimed to punish Taipei for its provocation.

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The most recent large-scale PLA exercise near Taiwan was on April 1, when its warplanes conducted 76 sorties in what Beijing said was a “serious warning” to “Taiwan independence forces”.

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