State Visiting Minister Qiu Guozheng was interviewed by the Legislative Yuan today.

(Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)

[Reporter Wu Shuwei/Taipei Report] The Ministry of National Defense pointed out last night that the national army has used joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance methods to know that the Chinese Communist Navy's Shandong fleet has crossed the Bashi Channel and passed through the southeast waters of Taiwan to start its first voyage training in the Western Pacific.

Defense Minister Qiu Guozheng pointed out today that the Shandong aircraft carrier is currently 200 nautical miles east of Eluanbi, while the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier is currently 400 nautical miles east of Taiwan.

The Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan today invited Qiu Guozheng and the deputy heads of relevant ministries to report on "Geopolitical Stepping Down with the United States to Deepen Military and Diplomatic Cooperation Status and Impact Assessment on National Security", and prepare questions.

Qiu Guozheng was being interviewed by the media before entering the meeting room.

Qiu Guozheng pointed out that the Shandong is currently 200 nautical miles east of Eluanbi, and the training content of the ship is nothing more than taking off and landing of planes, but no planes have taken off and landed yet.

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KMT Legislator Jiang Qichen was concerned about the development of the Shandong during his questioning; Qiu Guozheng said that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier is also in the east of Taiwan, about 400 nautical miles away from Taiwan. It cannot be said that the Nimitz came here for the Shandong, but "this Once the situation is established, there will be a connection." This is the first time that the Shandong has sailed out of the South China Sea, which has its meaning. The Shandong's 21st voyage training, as soon as it leaves the home port, the national army will be in control.

KMT Legislator Chen Yixin asked during the questioning how the Chinese Navy would deal with the Shandong fleet passing through the Bashi Strait and the waters southeast of Taiwan; Qiu Guozheng said, "We will not get too close. We have a contingency zone." The contingency zone is the 24 seas surrounding Taiwan. Li, and our ship can be as close as 5 or 6 nautical miles to the CCP warship recently, and there are as long as the South Reconnaissance Ship can be dispatched, there are Kangding-class (Lafayette-class) and Chenggong-class (Perry-class) ships.

In response to the recent harassment by the CCP’s military, Qiu Guozheng pointed out that since Pelosi, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, visited Taiwan in August last year, the CCP’s military operations against Taiwan have continued. Several to more than 20 military aircraft flew out, sometimes along the center line of the Taiwan Strait, sometimes through the center line, and the depth of the crossing has a certain distance, sometimes using external aircraft and other reasons, and sometimes in the Taiwan Strait The northern end of the line and the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the southwest.

Qiu Guozheng continued to point out that in terms of ships, the CCP has 5 ships around the Taiwan Strait, but the number of CCP ships in the East China Sea and South China Sea is quite large, about 20 to 30 ships.