Taiwan detects 26 Chinese aircraft and five ships around island

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The sorties come weeks before the May 20 inauguration of new Taiwan president Lai Ching-te.

Members of Taiwan's navy onboard a special operation boat navigate during a drill to show combat readiness in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.- Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said on May 3 it had detected 26 Chinese aircraft and five naval vessels around the self-ruled island in the previous 24 hours.

The line bisects the Taiwan Strait, a narrow 180km waterway separating the island from mainland China. Her deputy, Vice-President Lai, won the island’s January presidential election despite warnings from Beijing that he would cause “war and decline” for Taiwan.

 

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