Michael Chong at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

February 5th, 2026 / 4:40 p.m.

Conservative

Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills North, ON

That's understood, and I appreciate that clarification.

Speaking of the 12-mile nautical zone and the sovereign territory of nation states, how do we as Western powers differentiate between PLA exercises above the Taiwan Strait and in the air defence identification zone and the beginning of an actual invasion or conflict?

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