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25 Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan's air defense identification zone
The Chinese activity was likely a response to closer ties being forged between the United States and Taiwan. The United States said Friday it has issued new guidelines to encourage US government engagement with Taiwan, with which it has no diplomatic ties.
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This handout photograph taken and released on May 11, 2018 by Taiwan's Defence Ministry shows a Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft (left) flying alongside a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) H-6K bomber that reportedly flew over the Bashi Channel, south of Taiwan, and over the Miyako Strait, near Japan's Okinawa Island, in a drill. China sent fighter jets and other military aircraft near Taiwan on May 11 in the latest of a series of drills which Beijing has said are aimed at the island's (AFP/Handout)
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wenty-five Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone on Monday, the self-ruled island's Defense Ministry said, the latest in a series of aerial incursions by China.
The Chinese activity was likely a response to closer ties being forged between the United States and Taiwan. The United States said Friday it has issued new guidelines to encourage US government engagement with Taiwan, with which it has no diplomatic ties.
The warplanes involved in the intrusion included 14 J-16 fighter jets and four H-6K bombers, according to the Taiwan ministry. China sent 15 planes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone on Wednesday and 11 on Friday.
China's increasing pressure on the island, which Beijing regards as a renegade province awaiting reunification by force if necessary, has been a source of concern in the United States.
On Friday, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the department has issued new guidelines for US government interaction with Taiwan counterparts, adding that the envisioned engagement would reflect "our deepening unofficial relationship."
Bloomberg reported that the deployment was part of the biggest drill this year, with 14 J-16 and four J-10 fighters, four H-6K bombers, two Y-8 anti-sub warfare planes and one KJ-500 early warning aircraft being dispatched.
