TAIPEI: Eight Chinese warplanes crossed the Taiwan Strait's median line and approached close to the island's contiguous zone that is 44km off its coast on Saturday (Jun 24), the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in a further rise in tensions. China's air force over the past three years has routinely flown i
TAIPEI: Eight Chinese warplanes crossed the Taiwan Strait's median line and approached close to the island's contiguous zone that is 44km off its coast on Saturday , the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in a further rise in tensions.
Beijing claims democratically governed Taiwan as China's territory. Taiwan's government rejects the claims and says only the island's people can decide their future. In March, Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng warned that the island had to be on alert this year for a"sudden entry" by the Chinese military into areas close to its territory.Taiwan defines its contiguous zone as being 24 nautical miles from its coast.
At the same time, the ministry said five Chinese warships carried out what it termed"joint combat readiness patrols". The command said the aircraft carried out"tactical long-range flight training" involving in-flight refuelling that covered"thousands of kilometres". It did not give details.
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