Taiwan Condemns 'Dangerous' Planned Chinese Navy Drill with Indonesia to Its East

By Ben Blanchard and Ananda Teresia

TAIPEI/JAKARTA, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government condemned planned Chinese navy drills with an Indonesian warship off its east coast, saying they were dangerous and showed Beijing was trying to create a false impression that it controls those waters.

China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, and in June began coast guard patrols off the island’s east coast, causing anger in Taipei and concern in Washington and some other Western capitals.

China’s defense ministry said on Tuesday the drill, planned for mid-August, would be a “navigation exercise” with an Indonesian navy