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China raises conflict risk with breaches of Taiwan buffer zone

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Former defence adviser suggests aggressive probes by Beijing may be designed to provoke the Taiwanese air force to shoot first

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble. Picture: US NAVY HANDOUT/REUTERS

The report was widely circulated by Chinese state media, with the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command responding to one post by urging citizens to “discard any illusions and prepare to fight”. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen hosted a senior US diplomat and a Japanese delegation in Taipei last week in the latest show of international support for her government.

The incursions across the median line, which the US established in 1954 to prevent a conflict, signal Chinese President Xi Jinping’s displeasure with Trump administration overtures to Taiwan, including the visit last week by US under secretary of state Keith Krach. The Japanese delegation to Lee’s funeral was led by former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori, who conveyed Yoshihide Suga’s wishes for “smooth and peaceful” relations with Taiwan.

 

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