Taiwan not seeing signs of large-scale Chinese military activity pre-election

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Taiwan is not witnessing any signals of large-scale Chinese military action ahead of elections next month, but the island’s defence minister said on Tuesday that it is keeping a tight eye on China. Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections on January 13 will influence the Chinese-claimed island’s ties with Beijing, which has increased military pressure on the island in the last four years to enforce its sovereignty claims. Taiwan has reported Chinese fighter planes and warships surrounding the island, as well as balloons crossing the volatile Taiwan Strait, but the military insists they are most likely for weather monitoring. “So far...