WORLD War Three fears are mounting as China has been ramping up island invasion war games - while Taiwan has been developing a new carrier killer warship.<\/p>\n
China regards Taiwan as part of its territory and has long threatened to use force to bring it under its control.<\/p>\n
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This year Beijing has worryingly been ramping up naval drills to test their ability to seize an Island.<\/p>\n
In the first half of 2021, China carried out 20 exercises involving island capture - compared to just 13 in the whole of 2020.<\/p>\n
And now Chinas Maritime Administration has announced that an area in the west of the Leizhou Peninsula will be cordoned off to traffic on Thursday and Friday, because of live-fire exercises.<\/p>\n
It comes after China flew 19 nuke bombers and fighter jets into Taiwan air space on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Taiwans president oversaw the commissioning of a new warship yesterday amid heightened tensions.<\/p>\n
The ship - nicknamed the carrier killer - is designed to have air defense capabilities and can carry anti-ship missiles.<\/p>\n
Taipei has been complaining for more than a year about repeated missions by China's air force near the island.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, China vowed to invade Taiwan and offered a glimpse of a terrifying three-stage plan to pave the way for an invasion force to storm the breakaway island.<\/p>\n
Any invasion would mark a serious escalation of hostilities and could drag in the US through its pact to defend Taiwan.<\/p>\n
Tensions have been bubbling in the seas around China for months where the US and Japan are reported to have been holding joint military exercises amid fears of a possible conflict.<\/p>\n
In July, China staged massive military drills including assault landings and island-control exercises in a bid to demonstrate the communist state's military might over Taiwan.<\/p>\n
China has described its war games as necessary to protect the country's sovereignty and deal with \"collusion\" between Taipei and Washington.<\/p>\n
And fears of conflict are mounting after Taiwan's defence ministry last week warned China's armed forces could \"paralyse\" its defences.<\/p>\n
It comes just weeks after China sent 11 warplanes into Taiwan's airspace during war games - threatening \"immediate\" invasion.<\/p>\n
The six fighter jets, two bombers and three surveillance aircraft flew into Taiwans air defence identification zone.<\/p>\n
And in June, China sent 28 military jets into the air space - the largest incursion reported by Taiwan to date.<\/p>\n
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