Taiwan reported 45 Chinese warplanes in its airspace within 24 hours, according to its defense ministry on Wednesday.
The record number of Chinese daily sorties this year comes ahead of President-elect Lai Ching-te’s inauguration on May 20.
The ministry said that “26 of the aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait,” referring to a line bisecting the 180-kilometer (110-mile) waterway separating Taiwan and China. Beijing does not recognize this unofficial boundary.
Six Chinese Navy vessels were also detected, according to the statement.
Taipei emphasized it was monitoring the situation closely and urged Beijing to exercise self-restraint.
“Since late April they have become more and more provocative,” the senior Taiwanese security official said.
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War drum is beating captain. Quit edging and just DO IT.
The global shock from a Chinese war on Taiwan would make Ukraine look like a sideshow.
The Ukraine is the sideshow.
China was waiting to see what the world did with Russia after the invasion.
China is now weighing whether the world will do the same with Taiwan as they did with Crimea and Ukraine.
The world will not stand by because of tmsc.
This is the problem with leaders that always need “more”
This is going to be a disaster.
Its just “Ukraine” not “The Ukraine”
