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2004-11-11 China-Japan-Koreas
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Taiwan President Diverts Over Chinese Jets
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The Taiwanese president's flight to an outlying island several weeks ago was diverted because 28 Chinese fighter jets were spotted in the area, a major Taiwanese newspaper reported Thursday. The report in the United Daily News - which only cited unidentified "reliable sources" - didn't say whether President Chen Shui-bian's reported encounter with the Chinese jets on Sept. 27 was a coincidence or an act of intimidation by China. Taiwan's Defense Ministry declined to comment on the report about the Chinese jets.
The United Daily News said the Taiwanese president was flying to the Penghu islands when the 28 Chinese planes approached the "middle line" of the Taiwan Strait, the 100-mile body of water that separates the rivals. The president's pilots altered their flight path to avoid the Chinese jets, delaying Chen's arrival at Penghu by 15 minutes. The report did not say how close the jets came to the president's aircraft. The flight to Penghu - off Taiwan's western coast - takes about 40 minutes. A similar incident happened on Oct. 2, when Vice President Annette Lu flew to Penghu, the newspaper said. On Wednesday, Chen urged China to agree to the creation of a military buffer zone between the rivals - an area that jets and warships would not enter. The Taiwanese leader has also said the two sides should agree on a code of conduct so that their militaries can avoid incidents that could trigger a conflict. 
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Posted by Steve White 2004-11-11 12:36:16 AM||
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