Chinese forces took part in drills focused on land attacks and long-range airstrikes around Taiwan, its military said, on what was expected to be the final day of extensive exercises. 9News
The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese military said on Sunday around noon local time that it conducted live-fire drills in the waters and airspace around Taiwan "as planned".
Taiwan's Defence Ministry said that as of 5 pm local time on Sunday, 66 Chinese warplanes and 14 Chinese vessels were detected operating around the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's military "closely monitored" the situation and deployed aircraft and vessels to "appropriately" react to Chinese military drills around the island, the Defensc Ministry added. It also said drones "intruded" into outlying islands controlled by Taiwan.
The Chinese Communist Party views self-governing Taiwan as its territory, despite never having controlled it, and has long vowed to "reunify" the island with the Chinese mainland — by force if necessary. On Friday, 68 Chinese warplanes were reported in the Taiwan Strait, according to the ministry. Of those, 49 entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone— a buffer of airspace commonly referred to as an ADIZ. That was just a few planes short of the record set last year when 56 Chinese warplanes entered the ADIZ on the same day.
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