• 2 months ago
Thirty Chinese military aircraft and seven navy vessels were detected around Taiwan from Tuesday morning to Wednesday morning. Twenty-seven of those aircraft have entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone, a defensive buffer that is not the country's sovereign airspace.
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00:00Thirty Chinese military aircraft and seven Navy vessels have been detected around Taiwan
00:05within a 24-hour period.
00:07The Defense Ministry says 27 of the aircraft crossed the median line in between the two
00:12countries and entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ.
00:17This is not Taiwan's sovereign territory but is used as a defensive buffer.
00:21China has increased its military activity around Taiwan since President Lai Ching-teh
00:26took office in May.

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