Taiwan issues an alert saying China has launched a satellite and urging caution

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry issued an alert Tuesday saying China has launched a satellite and urging caution days before the island’s elections.
Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday that China has described as a choice between war and peace.
The bilingual alert sent to residents’ mobile phones cautioned in English that there was a missile flyover. The Defense Ministry later issued a statement apologizing to the public for the faulty English translation and clarifying that China had launched a rocket carrying a satellite — not a missile.
The ministry said the Chinese rocket flew over southern Taiwan at high altitude.