‘Dangerous and destabilising behaviours’: China conducts military exercises around Taiwan

Shadow Assistant Foreign Minister Claire Chandler discusses Chinese military exercises around Taiwan days after the territory’s new President Lai Ching-te was sworn in. The drills include occupying key areas of the island; Taipei says it has tracked almost 50 fighter jets flying nearby. “I think this is more of the dangerous and destabilising behaviours that we have seen from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) in relation to Taiwan,” Ms Chandler told Sky News Australia. “For it to be happening in the region so soon after the integration of the new president and vice president this week is incredibly concerning and disappointing. “Sadly, this behaviour has been continuing for quite some time around Taiwan and to an extent, we have become accustomed to it.”