Taiwan on alert after spotting two Chinese warships near its Penghu islands

Synopsis Taiwan’s defense ministry reported spotting two Chinese warships, a destroyer and a frigate, operating southwest of the Penghu islands. Taiwan’s naval and air forces were dispatched to closely monitor the Chinese vessels. This incident occurs amidst China’s regular military activities around the island, which Taipei condemns. Taiwan has spotted two Chinese warships operating in waters near the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait and has sent its own naval and air forces to keep watch, the defence ministry in Taipei said. China, which views democratically governed ?Taiwan as ?its ?own territory, sends its warships and warplanes into the waters…