Local media say Taiwan official in charge of missile production found dead with suspected heart attack, aged 57; Taiwan says China carrying out attack drills
- How worried should we be about military conflict?
Here’s a summary of the latest developments as it passes 2pm in Taipei.
Christopher Twomey, a security scholar at the US Naval Postgraduate School in California, told Reuters the severing of the communication links was worrying, coming at what he believed was the beginning of a new Taiwan crisis.
“That is precisely the time you would want to have more opportunities to talk to the other side … Losing those channels greatly reduces the ability of the two sides to de-conflict military forces as various exercises and operations continue.”
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