台湾标示50艘中国舰艇大范围部署构成“显而易见”威胁台北，10月29日——一名台湾高级官员表示，中国有50多艘海军及其他公务船舰在从日本南部延伸至台湾、再到菲律宾近海的广阔海域活动，称威胁等级“显而易见”。
Taiwan flags obvious threat from 50 Chinese vessels in wide sweep of waters TAIPEI, Oct 29 - China has more than 50 navy and other official vessels operating in a wide swathe of sea stretching from southern Japan down to Taiwan and off the Philippines, a senior Taiwan official said, calling the threat level "obvious".
中国视台湾为其固有领土。台湾正加大力度，发布详情及地图，标示中国军舰和海警船的活动位置。
Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, is stepping up efforts to issue details and maps depicting locations where Chinese warships and Coast Guard vessels operate. "We're staying vigilant about their activities," said Joseph Wu, the secretary-general of Taiwan's National Security Council.
台湾国家安全会议秘书长吴钊燮表示：“我们正密切关注他们的活动。对台湾、日本和菲律宾构成的同时威胁显而易见。”周三的上述言论配合他发在X平台上的一张地图，显示了53艘舰艇的位置，其中34艘为海军军舰，包括辽宁舰航空母舰。
"The simultaneous threat to Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines is obvious." Wednesday's remarks accompanied a map he posted on X showing the locations of 53 ships, 34 of them navy warships, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning.
根据该地图，辽宁舰及其随行航母打击群位于菲律宾以东，其他编队位于台湾东部和东南部，另有三艘位于日本南部海岸外。吴钊燮5月曾在X平台发布过类似地图。中国、菲律宾和日本的国防部门未立即回应置评请求。
The carrier and its accompanying battle group were positioned to the east of the Philippines, with other formations off Taiwan's east and southeast, along with three off the southern coast of Japan, according to the map. Wu published a similar map on X in May. The defence ministries of China, the Philippines and Japan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
周三，日本防卫省表示，前一天曾追踪监测到三艘中国军舰和一艘海警船，它们通过九州岛附近的大隅海峡进入太平洋。
On Wednesday, Japan's defence ministry said it had tracked three Chinese warships and a Coast Guard ship a day earlier as they passed through the narrow Osumi Strait off Kyushu island and into the Pacific.
本月，中国国防部称辽宁舰正在进行例行训练演习，不针对任何特定国家。
This month, China's defence ministry said the Liaoning was engaged in a routine training exercise not directed at any specific country.
近几个月来，中国与日本、菲律宾的关系急剧恶化。中国对日本支持台湾感到不满，同时在南海与马尼拉陷入日益激烈的对峙。
China's ties with both Japan and the Philippines have tanked in recent months. It has been upset by Japanese support for Taiwan, while embroiled in an increasingly bitter stand-off with Manila in the South China Sea.
台湾国防部长顾立雄周四表示：“我们不愿看到任何试图投射威慑、可能破坏印太地区和平与稳定的行为。”
"We are not happy to see any attempt to project deterrence that could undermine peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region," Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Thursday.
除了与伙伴进行情报交换外，辜志强在台北立法院告诉记者，其部门正在“保持适当的关注”，以掌握中国军舰的动向。
In addition to intelligence exchanges with partners, his ministry was "maintaining appropriate awareness" of Chinese military warship activity, Koo told reporters at parliament in Taipei.
使用武力 中国从未放弃使用武力将台湾置于其控制之下，尽管表示倾向于“和平统一”。
USE OF FORCE China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, though says it would prefer "peaceful reunification".
美国军方报纸《星条旗报》援引美军印太陆军司令罗纳德·克拉克的话报道，驻太平洋的美军陆军部队已在印太战区做好准备，前提是中国最早可能于明年对台采取行动。报道补充说，克拉克周二在夏威夷的一个论坛上发表了上述言论。
US Army forces in the Pacific have prepared the Indo Pacific theatre under the assumption that China could move on Taiwan as early as next year, the US military newspaper the Stars and Stripes quoted their commander, Ronald Clark, as saying. He made the comments at a forum in Hawaii on Tuesday, it added.
当被问及克拉克的言论时，辜志强表示，台湾正在努力建立自身的威慑能力。他补充说：“中国从未放弃使用武力吞并台湾。”
Taiwan was making efforts to build its own deterrence capabilities, Koo said when asked about Clark's remarks. "China has never abandoned the use of force to annex Taiwan," he added.
中国不承认台湾拥有独立主权，而台湾政府表示，只有岛上人民才能决定自己的未来，北京无权主张对台拥有主权。
China recognises no separate sovereignty for Taiwan, whose government says only the island's people can decide their future and that Beijing has no right to claim it.