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Imagine if your neighbor was flying balloons at you.
Imagine how that would make you feel.
This is why we need to have a war with China.
Taiwan’s defence ministry accused China on Saturday of threatening aviation safety and waging psychological warfare on the island’s people with a recent spate of balloons spotted near or over the island, days before key Taiwanese elections.
The potential for China to use balloons for spying became a global issue in February when the United States shot down what it said was a Chinese surveillance balloon. China said the balloon was a civilian craft that accidentally drifted astray.
Taiwan is on high alert for Chinese military and political activity ahead of the Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections. It says China is exerting military and economic pressure in an attempt to interfere in the elections.
China views the island as its own territory, a claim Taiwan’s government rejects.
Since last month Taiwan’s defence ministry has reported several instances of Chinese balloons flying over the sensitive Taiwan Strait. It said this week some balloons had flown over Taiwan island near major air bases.
🎈Taiwan authorities announced the discovery of a balloon launched by the Beijing army, which flew over the island of Taiwan pic.twitter.com/DkHvLYq2Kd
— S p r i n t e r (@Sprinter99800) January 2, 2024
In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said the balloons were a “serious threat” to international aviation safety given their flight paths.
“We also express our condemnation of the Chinese communists’ disregard for aviation safety and its disregard for the safety of passengers on cross-Taiwan Strait and international flights,” it said.
The ministry said its analysis was that the balloons were part of China’s “grey zone” tactics against Taiwan “in an attempt to use cognitive warfare to affect the morale of our people“.
This was stronger than Taiwan’s previous assertions that the balloons appeared to be mostly for weather monitoring, driven by prevailing winds at this time of year.
Calls seeking comment to China’s defence ministry, Taiwan Affairs Office and civil aviation administration were not answered on Saturday outside of work hours.
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In a separate statement on Saturday, Taiwan’s defence ministry said that during the previous 24 hours it had detected two more Chinese balloons, one of which briefly flew over the far northern tip of the island.
No one deserves to have balloons flown into their democracy.
No one.
Taiwan’s defense ministry says three Chinese balloons flew over the country on Tuesday, with another crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait. pic.twitter.com/rqndMVi5fS
— TaiwanPlus News (@taiwanplusnews) January 3, 2024
