Taiwan’s Defense Ministry issued an alert Tuesday saying China launched a satellite and calling for caution days before the island’s elections.
Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday that China has described as a choice between war and peace.
In English, the presidential alert sent to residents’ cellphones warned that a missile flyover was underway.
A Long March-2C rocket, carrying the Einstein Probe satellite, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China’s Sichuan province, on Jan. 9, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu checks his phone as his news conference was interrupted by an emergency alert about a satellite launch, in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 9, 2024. AP
The alerts were triggered in the middle of an international press conference by Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.
He clarified that it was a satellite launch, told reporters not to worry, and proceeded with the press conference.
China views Taiwan, which is about 100 miles off China’s east coast, as a renegade province that should come under its control.
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