{"id":161506,"date":"2023-06-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=920319"},"modified":"2023-06-24T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T00:00:00","slug":"taiwan-says-chinese-warplanes-approached-close-to-islands-coast-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2023\/06\/24\/taiwan-says-chinese-warplanes-approached-close-to-islands-coast-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan says Chinese warplanes approached close to island\u2019s coast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Saturday, eight Chinese warplanes crossed the Taiwan Strait\u2019s median line and neared the island\u2019s contiguous zone, which lies 24 nautical miles (44 km) off the shore, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, escalating tensions.
\nOver the last three years, China\u2019s air force has repeatedly flown into Taiwan\u2019s airspace. It has been sending planes across the strait\u2019s median line, which had previously operated as an unofficial barrier, on a regular basis since August.
\nBeijing claims Taiwan, which is democratically governed, as Chinese territory. Taiwan\u2019s administration denies the accusations, claiming that only the people of the island can decide their fate.
\nIn March, Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng warned that the island had to be on alert this year for a \u201csudden entry\u201d by the Chinese military into areas close to its territory.
\nTaiwan defines its contiguous zone as being 24 nautical miles from its coast. Its territorial space is defined at 12 nautical miles from its coast, though the government has not reported Chinese aircraft entering either the contiguous zone or Taiwan\u2019s territorial air space.
\nTaiwan\u2019s defence ministry said in a statement that starting around 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Saturday, it had detected 19 Chinese warplanes, including J-10 and J-16 fighters. Eight of those crossed the median line and \u201cgot close\u201d to the 24 nautical mile mark, it said.
\nAt the same time, the ministry said five Chinese warships carried out what it termed \u201cjoint combat readiness patrols\u201d.
\nTaiwan sent up its own aircraft and dispatched ships in response and activated land-based missile systems, the ministry said, using standard wording for how its forces react to Chinese incursions.
\nChina\u2019s defence ministry did not answer calls seeking comment.
\nOn Saturday, the Chinese military\u2019s Eastern Theatre Command, which covers Taiwan, published pictures on its WeChat account of J-16 fighters taking off on a training mission \u201cfar out at sea\u201d that happened \u201crecently\u201d.
\nThe command said the aircraft carried out \u201ctactical long-range flight training\u201d involving in-flight refuelling that covered \u201cthousands of kilometres\u201d. It did not give details.
\nDuring China\u2019s last large-scale war games near Taiwan, in April, videos of the exercise released by the Eastern Theatre Command showed its vessels and planes coming within 24 nautical miles of Taiwan on all sides of the island.
\nThe Taiwan Strait, which separates the island from its giant neighbour China, is also a frequent site of US military activities, especially US warships which transit the sensitive waterway about once a month.
\nThe US Navy this month released a video of what it called an \u201cunsafe interaction\u201d in the strait, in which a Chinese warship crossed in front of a US destroyer.
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On Saturday, eight Chinese warplanes crossed the Taiwan Strait\u2019s median line and neared the island\u2019s contiguous zone, which lies 24 nautical miles (44 km) off the shore, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, escalating tensions.
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