General
China sends more warplanes through Taiwan airspace as part of ‘attempts to intimidate’
Taiwan claims Chinese military aircraft have violated its airspace for a second day in a row.
Key points:
- China sent military aircraft of various types into the same area on Saturday and Sunday
- The US has expressed concern over the “attempts to intimidate”
- The Chinese Government has not commented
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the south-western corner of Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Saturday, leading Taiwan’s air force to deploy missiles to “monitor” the incursion.
The defence ministry in Taipei said China on Sunday sent another 16 military aircraft of various types into the same area.
The US State Department on Saturday said it was concerned by China’s “pattern of ongoing attempts to intimidate its…
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