China Deploys Tanks On Xiamen City Beach, Internet Says “Show Of Force More For Civilians”
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Tension across the high Taiwan Strait because US Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. A video that became viral on social media showed a tank on Xiamen City Beach, which is located right opposite the Strait from Taiwan. The video posted on Reddit shows beach visitors surrounded by a row of tanks that move forward. Xiamen, in Fujian China Province, only 300 kilometers from Taiwan Island. The Global Times said in a report that Xiamen Airlines had “adjusted” the dozens of flight which quoted air traffic control orders.
The recording has received 17,000 neat upvotes in Reddit since it was posted on Tuesday. Users are surprised to see the spread of such heavy strength, which has changed the region into a geopolitical flame point.
“Can you imagine your sand castle destroyed because of geopolitics?” A Reddit user asks. “Strength performances are more for their civilians than for Taiwan,” added another.
A resident of Xiamen told the South China Morning Post (SCMP) that he had seen several dozen military vehicles of various types rolling to the city and headed for the main ringing road since Sunday.
Chen Jinhuo, the owner of a restaurant, added that “about one hundred” armored vehicles parked on Jalan Rising Utama.
The maritime safety administration of China has announced military training in the waters of the South China Sea from Tuesday to Saturday, by entering the area is prohibited.
Taiwan said that this military exercise violated the territorial waters of the island. “This is an irrational step to challenge the international order,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Sun Li-Fang at a press conference on Tuesday.
The journey by MS Pelosi, who came in second for the presidency and the highest selected US officials to visit Taiwan in 25 years, had sparked diplomatic storms.
