China Sends 8 Military Planes into Taiwan Airspace; Analysts See Move as Warning to US and Others
By Ralph Jennings
June 24, 2020 05:31 AM
TAIPEI - Taiwan says Chinese military planes have flown into its air defense space six times in a single week and eight times this month, so far.
Although Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense escorts each aircraft away and alerts the public on an island that has long distrusted China, analysts believe leaders in Beijing are warning people as far away as Washington while helping to train their own troops in case of conflict in Asia.
The U.S. government has saddled China with a 2-year-old trade dispute, accused it of ignoring COVID-19 for too long earlier in the year and sailed its navy vessels in Asian waters to check Chinese expansion.
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