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Chinese Navy Ship Deploys Sonar Buoy Near Taiwan After U.S. Transit
TaiwanPlus News
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2/13/2025
In the past few days, over a dozen Chinese naval ships have been reported around Taiwan, with one vessel spotted in the northeast reportedly towing a sonar buoy. The increased activity comes after U.S. warships transited the Taiwan Strait.
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More and more Chinese military ships are operating around Taiwan.
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In the past few days, over a dozen naval ships have been reported around the country.
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One ship spotted in the northeast was reportedly towing a sonar buoy,
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most likely gathering intelligence.
00:23
The surge in activity comes as two U.S. warships sail through the Taiwan Strait.
00:28
It's the first transit mission of its kind under the new Trump administration.
00:32
China denounced the operation and doubled down on its claims over Taiwan,
00:37
saying that these transits increase security risks.
00:58
Over the past year, Beijing conducted some of its largest military exercises in history around Taiwan,
01:09
deploying its largest naval fleet in three decades
01:12
and carrying out three large-scale military drills in the region.
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With the growing Chinese activity, Taiwan's military is on alert,
01:21
committed to protecting the country's maritime borders.
01:28
I'm not a troublemaker. I don't need to explain this further.
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The Ministry of National Defense publishes a lot of information on the Taiwan Strait every day,
01:37
sending a large number of warships to cross the Taiwan Strait,
01:41
and even entering the airspace around us to carry out such targeted and threatening military exercises.
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This is the main role of the Communist army.
01:52
The heightened military pressure around Taiwan has sparked concern from observers
01:57
about the effects it could have on the rest of the world.
02:00
Taiwan sits in a strategic spot in the Indo-Pacific
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and at the center of some of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
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In recent weeks, suspicious cargo ships have been seen sailing around Taiwan
02:12
and instead of delivering goods, have reportedly been looking for submarine cables,
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vital for Taiwan's internet connection with the rest of the globe.
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Some of these cables have already been cut.
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The entire world is now thinking about cables,
02:25
not just because of course what's going around Taiwan,
02:28
but what's going on in the Baltic Sea and other places.
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And so I think that there will be an effort generally to begin to try to harden the cable system, right?
02:39
But there are a lot of cables and you can't just replace them all instantly.
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It's very expensive and takes a long time.
02:46
With so much maritime activity around Taiwan,
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the military here is trying to adapt to this concerning reality,
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not only defending the country's sovereignty,
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but helping to protect key areas vital to the international community.
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Ryan Wu and Jaime O'Connor for Taiwan Plus.
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