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