Beijing says drills also involving navy ships are a ‘firm response’ after US defence spending bill prioritised support for Taiwan
File photo of Chinese military planes conducting combat drills.Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone in the past 24 hours, the island’s government said on Monday, the largest reported incursion to date.
Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said it was the largest Chinese air force incursion to date, although there was no sense of alarm on the islandChina’s military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims to own, has intensified in recent years, and the Communist party’s People’s Liberation Army has sent planes or ships toward the island on a near-daily basis.
“The more preparations we make, the less likely there will be rash attempts of aggression. The more united we are, the stronger and safer Taiwan would become,” Tsai told the assembled officers. “This is a firm response to the current US-Taiwan escalation and provocation,” said Shi Yi, spokesperson for the Chinese army’s eastern theatre command, which announced joint combat patrols and strike drills in the waters around Taiwan.
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