Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to self-defence and counter attack amid 'harassment and threats', in an apparent warning to China, which last week sent numerous jets across the mid-line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
TAIPEI - Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to self-defence and counter attack amid “harassment and threats”, in an apparent warning to China, which last week sent numerous jets across the mid-line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Multiple Chinese aircraft flew across the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait and into the island’s air defence identification zone on Friday and Saturday, prompting Taiwan to scramble jets to intercept and President Tsai Ing-wen to call China a threat to the region. On Monday, the official China Daily newspaper said in an editorial the United States was trying to use Taiwan to contain China but nobody should underestimate its determination to assert its sovereignty over the island.
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