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display:none;"> <script> displayDFP('ad-IR1', 'm'); </script> </div> <p>The US Army would also deploy Multi-Domain Task Force long-range fire units in the Philippines, Kyodo said.</p><p>The defense ministries of Japan and the Philippines were not immediately available for comment. The US embassy in Manila declined to comment.</p><p>Asked about the report yesterday, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Taiwan is an “inalienable part of China’s territory.”</p><p>“China firmly opposes relevant countries using the Taiwan issue as an excuse to strengthen regional military deployment, provoke tension and confrontation, and damage regional peace and stability,” Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mao Ning (毛寧) said.</p><p>China is building up its military capacity while ramping up pressure on Taiwan. Meanwhile, Washington has been strengthening alliances in the region and infuriating Beijing with regular deployments of ships and fighter jets in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.</p><p>In other developments, Taiwan yesterday said it had detected a Chinese balloon over waters northwest of the nation, the first such sighting since April.</p><p>China regularly deploys fighter jets, drones and warships around Taiwan, and occasionally balloons, as it keeps up military pressure. The latest balloon was spotted at 6:21pm on Sunday, about 111km northwest of Keelung at an altitude of 10,058m, the Ministry of National Defense said. </p><p>It entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone and disappeared at 8:15pm, the ministry said.</p><p>Twelve Chinese military aircraft and seven warships were also detected around the nation in the 24 hours to 6am yesterday, it added.</p><p>The ministry releases daily data on China’s military presence around Taiwan. </p><p>In the run-up to the January presidential election, balloons crossed the sensitive waters separating Taiwan and China day and night, with some floating above the nation. Taipei has described the balloons as a form of “gray zone” harassment — a tactic that falls short of an act of war.</p><p>China has previously brushed off allegations that it sends balloons over Taiwan, accusing Taipei of trying to raise tensions.</p><p>Asked about the balloon yesterday, Mao told reporters: “First of all, Taiwan does not have a ‘defense ministry.’ Furthermore, the question you asked is not a diplomatic one.”</p><p>Balloons from China became a politically fraught topic early last year when the US shot down what it called a spy balloon. 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