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Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week
« on: August 10, 2023, 08:18:36 am »
Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week
Reuters
August 9, 20231:08 AM EDTUpdated a day ago
 
Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft fly over the 68-nautical-mile scenic spot, one of mainland China's closest points to the island of Taiwan, in Pingtan island, Fujian province, China August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

TAIPEI, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Ten Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan's air defence zone on Wednesday accompanying five Chinese warships engaged in "combat readiness" patrols, the island's defence ministry said, the second such incursion this week.

Taiwan, which China claims as its territory, has repeatedly complained of Chinese military activity near it over the past three years, as Beijing steps up pressure to try to force the island to accept its sovereignty.
 
 
Taiwan's defence ministry said that starting at around 9 a.m. (0100 GMT), it detected a total of 25 Chinese aircraft engaging in operations out at sea, including J-10 and J-16 fighters, as well as H-6 bombers.

Of those aircraft, the ministry said 10 had either crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which previously served as an unofficial barrier between the two sides, or entered the southwestern part of Taiwan's air defence identification zone, or ADIZ.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-reports-second-large-scale-china-air-force-incursion-this-week-2023-08-09/
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Re: Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2023, 08:21:14 am »
If China is going to attack Taiwan, they pretty much have to do it before our next election.  Otherwise, they run the risk of a new POTUS standing up to them.  They know Biden won't so it would seem the attack could come in the next year.
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