28 sorties of CCP military planes crossed the center line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the airspace in southwest China.

(Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Defense)

[Reporter Chen Yun/Taipei Report] The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) expressed its most severe condemnation this afternoon in response to the CCP’s sudden announcement yesterday (8) of military exercises in the sea and airspace around the Taiwan Strait.

The DPP believes that at the beginning of the new year, the CCP authorities continue to conduct military exercises against Taiwan. In addition, the CCP has recently used military tactics to intimidate the people of Taiwan. In order to achieve its political goals, the CCP has become the biggest threat to democratic Taiwan.

The Democratic Progressive Party pointed out that recently, the Chinese Communist Party has repeatedly used PLA military exercises to harass the airspace around the Taiwan Strait. The relevant actions continue to undermine the status quo of the Taiwan Strait, damage cross-strait relations, and seriously endanger the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait and the region.

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The Democratic Progressive Party stated that it has always expected to carry out friendly and healthy exchanges between the two sides of the strait under the principles of "rationality, peace, reciprocity, and mutual benefit." The dialogue of mutual trust has deepened the Taiwanese people's negative perception of the Chinese government.

The DPP emphasizes that the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait and the region is the common responsibility of both sides of the Strait and the common expectation of the international community.

The Democratic Progressive Party sternly requests that the Chinese Communist Party should immediately stop intimidating military exercises against Taiwan, and stop becoming a bad neighbor to the people of Taiwan and a troublemaker for Taiwan Strait and regional peace.