Taiwan fires warning shots at Chinese drone – El Financiero

Beijing initially responded with large military maneuvers in the waters and skies near Taiwan. Missiles were fired at the island, some of which landed in the Japanese economic zone, which was considered a dangerous escalation, while warships and planes were sent towards the island in great numbers.

President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan should remain moderate despite daily pressure from China.

“The more provocative the enemy soldiers, the more stable we should be. We will not allow those on the opposite shores to fabricate a conflict with an inappropriate pretext,” he said during a visit to the naval station in Pinggu, an archipelago of several dozen islands off the west coast of Taiwan.

China accuses US and Taiwanese “separatist forces” Create instability by rejecting Beijing’s claim to sovereignty over the island.

“The attempt of Taiwan independence forces to seek foreign support, including the United States, for independence is the source of the current tensions across the Taiwan Strait,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a daily press briefing in Beijing.

With information from Reuters, Bloomberg and The Associated Press.