Taiwan reported that 38 Chinese aircraft entered the island's air defense identification zone Friday, the largest daily Chinese incursion into the area.
The incursion came on the day Beijing celebrated the founding of the People's Republic of China, 72 years ago.
"PLAAF sorties are pretty routine at this point, but stepping up bomber flights on a major PRC holiday underscores that this is political warfare and part of a massive coercion campaign," Drew Thompson, a visiting senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore toldTaiwan reported that 38 Chinese aircraft entered the island's air defense identification zone on Friday, marking the largest daily Chinese incursion into the...
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