Taiwan condemns Chinese navy drill with Indonesia to its east as ‘dangerous’

The Indonesian navy and defence ministry did not respond to requests for comment. Late on Tuesday, Taiwan‘s China-policy-making Mainland Affairs Council said the drill was a “military provocation” and Beijing should “immediately stop this dangerous behaviour that undermines the status quo.” Following a recent series of Chinese actions, including so-called “routine law-enforcement patrols” to the east of Taiwan, China is now attempting to conduct military exercises with “relevant countries” in waters east of Taiwan, it said in a statement. “This is, in reality, political manipulation, ‘exercises in name, expansion in fact’, aimed at creating a false impression before the international…