Chinese planes 'increasingly provocative' to Taiwan
Chinese planes 'increasingly provocative' to Taiwan
The record number of Chinese daily sorties near Taiwan this year comes ahead of President-elect Lai Ching-te's inauguration on May 20.
Taiwan reported 45 Chinese warplanes in its airspace within 24 hours, according to its defense ministry on Wednesday.
The record number of Chinese daily sorties this year comes ahead of President-elect Lai Ching-te's inauguration on May 20.
The ministry said that "26 of the aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait," referring to a line bisecting the 180-kilometer (110-mile) waterway separating Taiwan and China. Beijing does not recognize this unofficial boundary.
Six Chinese Navy vessels were also detected, according to the statement.
Taipei emphasized it was monitoring the situation closely and urged Beijing to exercise self-restraint.
"Since late April they have become more and more provocative," the senior Taiwanese security official said.
They keep painting giant dicks on the plane?
10No they keep filling them with dicks.
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4This is the best summary I could come up with:
Taiwan reported 45 Chinese warplanes in its airspace within 24 hours, according to its defense ministry on Wednesday.
The record number of Chinese daily sorties this year comes ahead of President-elect Lai Ching-te's inauguration on May 20.
Taipei emphasized it was monitoring the situation closely and urged Beijing to exercise self-restraint.
China has intensified its military presence near Taiwan, simulating mock attack drills on foreign vessels as Taipei prepares to inaugurate its new president, Lai Ching-te, on May 20.
Lai, who won the January election, is seen by Beijing as a "dangerous separatist," heightening tensions.
On Tuesday, Lai again extended an offer for talks with Beijing, pledging to maintain peace across the strait.
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3The Official title of Taiwan is The Republic of China.
They still allowed the KMT (aka The Chinese Nationalist Party), to participate in their Democracy even though it ran the country as an anti-democracy Authoritarian state for 40 years.
Taiwan and China do a lot of trade together, a war would be difficult for both of them.
-7War drum is beating captain. Quit edging and just DO IT.
-31The global shock from a Chinese war on Taiwan would make Ukraine look like a sideshow.
20The Ukraine is the sideshow.
China was waiting to see what the world did with Russia after the invasion.
China is now weighing whether the world will do the same with Taiwan as they did with Crimea and Ukraine.
The world will not stand by because of tmsc.
This is the problem with leaders that always need “more”
This is going to be a disaster.
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