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Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense on Monday condemned the presence of 71 Chinese aircraft and five warships in the vicinity of the island, with 47 aircraft arriving to cross the so-called midline of the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan.
Among the 47 People’s Liberation Army (Chinese Army) aircraft that crossed the median line were 12 J-11 fighters, 18 J-16 fighters and six Su-30 fighters that crossed the median line between 06:00 local time. on Sunday (22:00 GMT on Saturday) and 6:00 on Monday (22:00 GMT on Sunday).
The median line of the Formosa Strait, which in practice is an unofficial border tacitly respected by Taipei and Beijing in recent decades, has been constantly crossed by Chinese troops during military exercises in recent months.
According to the military portfolio, the island’s air force monitored the situation with combat air and sea patrols and missile systems on the ground to scare Chinese aircraft away from the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADZ), which is not defined or regulated by any international treaty and is not equivalent to its airspace.
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These incursions come after the United States Congress approved last Friday the so-called National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA), which authorizes $858 billion in defense, energy and national security spending, including aid to the military Taiwan.
Over the past two years, there has been an increase in the number of raids by Chinese aircraft and ships, actions that have been condemned by both sides. Taiwan with regard to the United States.
A visit to the territory last August by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi deeply annoyed the Chinese government, which responded with economic sanctions and the announcement of military maneuvers in nearby waters. Taiwandecisions that raised tensions in the Taiwan Strait to levels not seen in decades.
China claims sovereignty over the island and considers Taiwan a pariah province, since the Kuomintang nationalists withdrew from there in 1949 after losing a civil war against the Communists.
Taiwanwith which the US does not maintain official relations, is one of the largest sources of conflict between China and the United States, mainly because Washington is the main supplier of weapons to the island and will become its largest military ally in the event of a war with the Asian giant.
(As reported by EFE)
Source: RPP
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