The Chinese armed forces have concluded the three-day war games to encircle Taiwan, decided in response to the Los Angeles meeting between the president of Taipei Tsai Ing-wen and the speaker of the American House Kevin McCarthy.

In the field , a muscular test between missile systems, military ships and waves of fighters and bombers also launched from the Shandong aircraft carrier, useful for "gaining experience in coordinating the various units in the blockade of the island".

A scenario which, according to Beijing's propaganda, was not affected by the surprise of the American destroyer Uss Milius - grappling with an "illegal" mission on freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, near the disputed Spratly Islands - or by the alert of Tokyo which sent its jets in front of the activities of Shandong, deployed south of Japan and Taiwan from which 80 fighters and 40 helicopters took off and landed.

The Eastern Theater Command of China's People's Liberation Army "has successfully completed patrolling tasks, comprehensively testing troops in actual combat conditions and joint multi-service, and integrated weapons," the statement said in an evening statement. spokesman Shi Yi, claiming readiness to "destroy any form of Taiwan independence separatism and attempts at foreign interference at any time."

In the last few hours, Taiwan's defense ministry reported that it had detected up to 11 local time (5 in Italy) a total of 26 military jets and nine Chinese warships around the island. China "has sent military aircraft that cross the median line of the Taiwan Strait from north, central and south," the ministry said in a statement.

Life in Taiwan continued as normal despite the tensions, with no signs of panic or disruption , and civilian flights around the island, including the Taiwan Strait, also experienced no disruption. Taipei's ruling and opposition parties, in a rare show of unity, released a joint statement from their parliamentary committees condemning the Chinese drills. "The people and government of Taiwan have the right to conduct normal exchanges with other countries and to contribute to the international community through participation," the statement read. While "the Chinese authorities have no right to hinder and cannot change the strong will of the government and the people of Taiwan to go out into the world".