Taiwan says Chinese fighter jets fly near island
Visitors look at the J-16D electronic warfare variant of the Chinese military's J-16 airplane during 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, southern China, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (Ng Han Guan/AP)TAIPEI, Taiwan —
China's military flew 36 fighter jets and bombers near Taiwan, the
Taiwanese defense ministry announced, part of a long-running campaign of
intimidation against the self-ruled island democracy that Beijing claims as
part of its territory.
Ten of the aircraft on Saturday flew across the median line in the
Taiwan Strait that separates the island from the mainland, the ministry said.
It said they included six Shenyang J-11 and four J-16 aircraft.
Taiwan and China split in 1949 following a civil war that ended with the
Communist Party in control of the mainland. The island never has been part of
the People's Republic of China, but Beijing says it is obliged to unite with
the mainland, by force if necessary.
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