Taiwan calls China’s increased military drills ‘abnormal’, risks accident

Taiwan’s defence minister has described China’s increased military activities around the island as “abnormal” and warned that it increased the risk of an accidental clash and the situation “getting out of hand”.

Over the past two weeks, dozens of Chinese fighter jets, drones, bombers and other aircraft, as well as warships and the Chinese carrier, the Shandong, have been observed off democratically governed Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory.