[BenarNews] The Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee this week issued a planning document on turning Fujian — China’s province closest to Taiwan — into a demonstration zone for "integrated development" with Taiwan. State-owned nationalist tabloid the Global Times called the plan a "blueprint" for Taiwan’s development as the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong led the largest number of warships seen in years into the waters to the east of the island.
Large numbers of warplanes have been probing at Taiwan’s median line of defense, a tactic that seldom occurs in tandem with the collaborative deployment of an aircraft carrier group.