TAIPEI: Taiwan's air force scrambled on Sunday to warn off eight Chinese aircraft including fighter jets that entered its air defence zone, its defence ministry said, at a time of heightened tensions across the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
The Chinese aircraft included six J-16 fighters, one anti-submarine aircraft and one surveillance aircraft, the defence ministry said in a statement late on Sunday. Wang told Blinken that tensions over Taiwan were caused by US support for pro-independence forces on the island, China's foreign ministry said in a statement.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen says the island is an independent country and has made modernising the armed forces, which is well-armed but dwarfed by China's, a top priority.
Using Captain America's slogan. China can do this all the time. Taiwan?
PRC is a big bully
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