Taiwan Monitors China's Military Drills Amidst Regional Tensions

A senior Taiwanese official stated that Taiwan had foreseen China's military exercises around the island and is closely monitoring the situation. Despite Taiwan's preparedness, the official criticized China's actions as detrimental to regional peace.

China's military drills around Taiwan are part of a scenario Taiwan had anticipated beforehand and it has a "comprehensive grasp" of Chinese military movements, a senior Taiwanese official told Reuters on Thursday.

"It is regrettable that China had chosen the worst scenario to destroy regional peace," said the official, who was speaking anonymously given the sensitivity of the matter.