China deployed over 100 vessels near Taiwan in the wake of Trump-Xi summit, Taiwan security official claims

China has deployed implicit 100 vessels successful the waters surrounding Taiwan successful the week pursuing President Donald Trump's Beijing acme with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the caput wide of Taiwan's National Security Council said Saturday.

"Our ISR/intel shows that the PRC has deployed implicit 100 vessels astir the 1st Island Chain implicit the past fewer days, truthful soon aft the Beijing summit," Secretary General Joseph Wu wrote connected X.

"In this portion of the world, China is the 1 & lone PROBLEM wrecking the Status Quo & threatening determination bid & stability," Wu concluded.

Wu posted a graphic appearing to amusement a precocious measurement of Chinese vas deployments successful the South China Sea, the East China Sea and adjacent Taiwan and The Philippines.

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A Taiwanese graphic showing alleged Chinese vessel deployments adjacent Taiwan and the broader Indo-Pacific region. (Taiwan National Security Council)

Wu alerted the satellite to the vessel deployments a small much than a week aft Trump near Beijing and conscionable days aft Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Hung Cao told U.S. lawmakers that the U.S. was temporarily pausing weapons shipments to Taiwan.

"Right present we're doing a intermission successful bid to marque definite we person the munitions we request for Epic Fury," Cao testified during a Tuesday proceeding of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao testifies during the Senate Armed Services Committee proceeding titled "The Posture of the Department of the Navy successful reappraisal of the Defense Authorization Request for FY2027 and the Future Years Defense Program," successful the Dirksen gathering connected Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

U.S. lawmakers approved a $14 cardinal weapons bundle to beryllium sold to Taiwan successful January, though Trump has yet to motion disconnected connected it.

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Taiwanese officials accidental they were not alerted to immoderate imaginable pauses, according to The Associated Press.

Cao's intermission announcement followed the Trump-Xi acme during which Chinese officials made wide that the Taiwan question is China's biggest contented successful diplomatic relations with the United States.

The USS Chung-Hoon observed a Chinese navy vessel sharply crossing its way successful the Taiwan Strait connected June 3, 2023, forcing the American destroyer to dilatory to debar a collision during a state of navigation transit alongside Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal. (Andre T. Richard/U.S. Navy)

"President Xi stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the astir important contented successful China-U.S. relations," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said successful a connection aft the Trump-Xi bilateral meeting.

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"If it is handled properly, the bilateral narration volition bask wide stability. Otherwise, the 2 countries volition person clashes and adjacent conflicts, putting the full narration successful large jeopardy," Ning concluded.

Fox News Digital contacted the White House, a typical for the Taiwanese authorities and the Chinese Foreign Ministry for further comment.