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| Taiwan says 16 Chinese warplanes enter air defense zone |
| 2021-11-08 |
| [DW] Taipei has said it is one of the largest Chinese incursions into Taiwan's air defense identification zone since early October, coming right after an EU delegation visited Taipei to work on building ties. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense on Sunday said 16 Chinese fighter jets had entered its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) a day earlier. The number of aircraft sent into the ADIZ is one of the largest since early October, when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) sent around 150 warplanes into the air defense zone in separate maneuvers over five days. The ministry said it issued radio warnings and monitored the aircraft on Saturday using air defense systems. The jets entered the ADIZ off Taiwan's southwestern coast, following a path similar to previous incursions. WHAT IS TAIWAN'S ADIZ? The ADIZ extends hundreds of kilometers from Taiwan's coast and even includes parts of mainland China. It is much larger than Taiwan's sovereign air space, which only extends 12 nautical miles from the coast. The ADIZ is airspace designated for national security purposes but is not delineated in international treaties. Taiwanese authorities reserve the right to order aircraft entering the ADIZ to identify themselves and their purpose. Although China has flown regular incursions with smaller numbers of aircraft into the ADIZ over the past several weeks, the warplanes have not entered Taiwan's sovereign airspace. EU DELEGATES VISIT TAIWAN The Chinese flights into the ADIZ on Saturday came a day after a European Parliament delegation wrapped up a three-day visit to Taipei. The seven politicians on the parliament's committee on foreign interference in democratic processes visited last week, following up on a resolution last month calling for the body to "intensify EU-Taiwan political relations." EU parliamentarians said the visit was not aimed at provoking China, which sees self-governing Taiwan as part of its territory and usually considers any attempt at building bilateral ties between Western nations and the government in Taipei as a provocation. Related: Taiwan: 2021-11-06 Chinese man convicted for stealing aviation trade secrets Taiwan: 2021-11-06 China to hold Taiwan independence supporters criminally liable. When the US does this, it's called 'sanctioning', and it happens all the time. Taiwan: 2021-11-05 Taiwan’s intel chief says China weighed seizing Pratas island, but ‘will not happen’ before 2024 |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Rest assured, when Biden remembers to do so, the CCP will receive another W.H."Please, don't do that again." letter. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-11-08 05:14 |