Taiwan has said China flew 68 military aircraft and sent 10 navy vessels into areas around the self-ruled island in what appeared to be a second day of military training drills led by the Shandong aircraft carrier. On Thursday, Taiwan's defence ministry said that in the past 24 hours it had detected 40 Chinese air force aircraft entering the island's air defence zone, mostly flying to the south of Taiwan and into the Bashi Channel.
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00:00 Taiwan has said that China flew 68 military aircraft and sent 10 navy vessels into areas
00:08 around the self-ruled island in what appeared to be a second day of military training drills
00:13 led by the Shandong Aircraft Carrier.
00:16 On Thursday, Taiwan's defence ministry said that in the past 24 hours, it had detected
00:21 40 Chinese Air Force aircraft entering the island's air defence zone, mostly flying to
00:27 the south of Taiwan and into the Bashi Channel.
00:29 According to a map the ministry provided, at least four of the aircraft also crossed
00:34 the median line of the Taiwan Strait to the northwest of the island.
00:38 Beijing views Taiwan as its own territory and has not ruled out the use of force to
00:42 achieve its goal.
00:44 It has stepped up military and political pressure on the democratic island in an attempt to
00:48 reinforce its claim of sovereignty.
00:51 In a statement referring to China's army and navy, Taiwan's defence ministry said that
00:55 68 PLA aircraft and 10 PLA vessels around Taiwan were detected by about 6 am local time
01:02 on Thursday.
01:03 The number was a dramatic jump from the previous day when Taipei said that it had detected
01:07 35 warplanes.
01:09 Taiwan's defence ministry said that some of those planes and warships were heading to
01:13 an unspecified area of the western Pacific to conduct joint sea and air training with
01:18 the Shandong Aircraft Carrier.
01:21 It said that the vessel, one of the two operational aircraft carriers in the Chinese fleet, was
01:26 about 60 nautical miles, which is equivalent to about 111 kilometres, southeast of the
01:32 island's southernmost point and heading into the western Pacific.
01:36 Japan also noted the presence of Chinese vessels heading towards the area through the Miapo
01:41 Strait.
01:43 China has not officially commented on any military exercises being conducted in the
01:47 area.
01:48 In recent months, the US and its allies have increased freedom of navigation crossings
01:52 of both the Taiwan Strait and the disputed South China to reinforce that both are international
01:59 waterways.
02:00 For its part, China has been increasing its military operations around Taiwan.
02:04 It condemned what it called collusion between alleged Taiwan independence forces and the
02:09 US.
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