China’s recent 20-fighter jet-strong flyby of J-10s and J-16s over Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone amounts to what the Pentagon may see as a transparent provocation or power statement by Beijing.
It added the Chinese jets entered what Taiwan calls the air defense identification zone (ADIZ), in the southwestern region of the island, home to over 24 million people. and China: South China Sea Tensions By Kris Osborn - President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven. On June 1, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to complete reunification with self-ruled Taiwan and vowed to smash any attempts at formal independence for the island. 'The Air Force aircraft issued radio warnings and air defense missile systems (were) deployed to monitor the activities,' the ministry said. China has threatened that " Taiwan's independence" means war. Taipei, on the other hand, has countered the Chinese aggression by increasing strategic ties with democracies including the US, which has been repeatedly opposed by Beijing. Beijing claims full sovereignty over Taiwan, a democracy of almost 24 million people located off the southeastern coast of mainland China, despite the fact that the two sides have been governed separately for more than seven decades. It further reported that since September of last year, Beijing has stepped up its grey-zone tactics by routinely sending aircraft into Taiwan's ADIZ, with most occurrences taking place in the southwest corner of the zone. The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. Beijing has sent a mix of spotter planes, fighter jets, and bombers into the zone every day this month except for September 2, Taiwan News reported. Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. Wednesday's incursion marks the 13th consecutive day Chinese planes have flown into Taiwan's identification zone. China sent 25 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Monday, the largest breach of that space since the island began regularly reporting such activity in.