Taiwan sends air raid alert after China launches satellite tv for pc
Taiwan‘s defence ministry despatched an air raid alert to cell phones throughout the island at present after China launched a satellite tv for pc over its airspace amid mounting tensions between Tapei and Beijing.
The presidential alert was despatched out to residents’ cell phones, warning them of a missile flyover and to ‘please watch out for your security’.
The air raid alert got here across the identical time that Chinese state media stated China had launched a small satellite tv for pc.
The alert on Tuesday comes simply days earlier than Taiwan has presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, which China has described as a alternative between struggle and peace.
China views Taiwan, which is about 100 miles off China’s east coast, as a renegade province that should come beneath its management.
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A telephone and watch that acquired an air raid alert is positioned collectively for a photograph in New Taipei City, Taiwan on Tuesday
