Chinese Air Force

Earlier MND had reported that 12 Chinese military aircraft, 14 naval vessels and 9 official ships were detected operating near Taiwan until 6 am (local time)

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Such zones are temporarily reserved and allocated for a particular user during a set period, though other flights can pass through with permission from controllers, according to international rules

Of the seven People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, six aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's north, southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te called on China to open its arms rather than raise its fists as he wrapped up his first overseas tour since taking office in May. His remarks at a press conference Friday in Palau, a Pacific Island nation, came in response to widespread speculation that China will hold military drills around Taiwan in response to his trip. No matter how many military exercises and warships and aircraft are used to coerce neighbouring countries, they will not be able to win the respect of any country, he said. The president spoke a day after China's Foreign Ministry announced sanctions Thursday on 13 American companies and six executives in response to recently announced weapons sales to Taiwan. Taiwan and China split in 1949 during a civil war that saw the victorious communists take control in Beijing and the Nationalists setting up a rival government in Taiwan, an island of 23 million people about 160 kilometers off China's east coast. China's long-ruling Communist

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Notably, four of the detected aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, entering Taiwan's ADIZ in both the northern and southwestern regions. The MND assured that the situation is being

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Taiwan MND further added that nine of the aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Earlier on Tuesday, the MND detected 20 People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, six People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels up until 6 am (local time)

China has increased its military activities around Taiwan by deploying aircraft and naval vessels since September 2020

Earlier, twenty-two Chinese aircraft and five naval vessels were detected in the region, out of which sixteen crossed the median line

In a daily update on Chinese military activity around the island, Taiwan's defence ministry said it spotted 153 military aircraft, surpassing Monday's figure of 125

Earlier on Thursday, the Taiwanese MND detected eight PLA (People's Liberation Army) aircraft and six PLAN (People's Liberation Army Navy) vessels around its territory

The Philippine government said Tuesday it has filed a diplomatic protest against Beijing after Chinese jets flew dangerously close and fired a volley of flares in the path of a Philippine air force patrol plane over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The Chinese air force jets' hostile actions against the Philippine military's NC-212i light transport plane Thursday over the Scarborough Shoal was the first such aerial encounter since high-seas hostilities between Beijing and Manila in the busy seaway started to flare last year. Philippine military chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. did not report any injuries or damage but condemned the Chinese actions, which he said could have had tragic consequences. If the flares came into contact with our aircraft, these could have been blown into the propeller or the intake or burned our plane, Brawner told reporters. It was very dangerous. Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Teresita Daza said without elaborating that a diplomatic prote

Three aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's southeastern and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone

Taiwan in its response, sent aircraft and naval ships and deployed coastal-based missile systems