{"id":8614,"date":"2021-11-07T02:18:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T02:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamslivenews.com\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2021-11-07T02:47:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T02:47:01","slug":"56-warplanes-of-chinas-pla-enter-taiwans-air-identification-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2021\/11\/56-warplanes-of-chinas-pla-enter-taiwans-air-identification-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"56 warplanes of China’s PLA enter Taiwan\u2019s air identification zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifty-six fighter planes of China\u2019s PLA have entered Taiwan\u2019s air identification zone says Taiwan\u2019s National Defense Ministry.<\/h2>\n

China flew fifty-six J-16 fighter jets towards Taiwan on Monday in the largest show of force on record, maintaining the three days of continued military harassment against the self-ruled island, Taiwan which is China’s second massive display of force in as many days.<\/p>\n

The first sortie of fifty-two jets included 34 J-16 fighter jets and 12 H-6 bombers, among other aircraft, according to Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of National Defense. Later, four more Chinese J-16s flew toward the southwestern part of Taiwan\u2019s air defense identification zone \u2014 a buffer outside a country\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n

The Taiwanese air force pushed its fighter planes and monitored the movement of the Chinese warplanes on its air defense system, the ministry said.<\/p>\n

China claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory and attempts to bring Taiwan under its control by force if needed. It refuses to recognize the island\u2019s government and has increasingly tried to isolate the independence-leaning administration of President Tsai Ing-wen.<\/p>\n

Experts have called the flights and other military maneuvers by Beijing gray zone warfare, or any type of military action short of direct combat. Many downplay the moves of China and say they do not believe the display of force and aggressive rhetoric, much of which is repetitive, will lead to war.<\/p>\n

However, it is a matter of huge concern obviously for most nations and Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corp. broadcast on Monday, \u201cWe are very concerned that China is going to launch a war against Taiwan at some point, even though the threat may not be imminent at this point.”<\/p>\n

Taiwan and China split during a civil war in 1949, and Beijing opposes Taiwan\u2019s involvement in international organizations. Taiwan announced on Sept. 23 that it had applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a week after China submitted its own application to join the trade pact.<\/p>\n

Starting last Friday, on China\u2019s National Day, the People\u2019s Liberation Army sent thirty-sight fighter planes into the area and thirty-nine aircraft on Saturday, previously the most in a single day since Taiwan began releasing reports on the flights in September 2020. China sent an additional sixteen planes on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The latest maneuvers by the Chinese air force bring the total to 814 flights.<\/p>\n

In Washington on Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said: \u201cWe remain concerned by the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s provocative military activity near Taiwan, which is destabilizing, risks miscalculations and undermines regional peace and stability. We urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic and economic pressure and coercion against Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding to a similar statement over the weekend from the U.S. State Department, China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said that the U.S. selling weapons to Taiwan as well as ships navigating the Taiwan Strait were \u201cprovocative action that harmed U.S-China relations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChina will take all necessary countermeasures and resolutely crush any \u2018Taiwan independence\u2019 plot,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a statement Monday night.<\/p>\n

The latest flights have come in separate groups with daytime and nighttime incursions. The nighttime flights are of note, analysts say, because they\u2019re more challenging due to reduced visibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have the kind of confidence to operate at night,\u201d said Chen-Yi Tu, a researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research in Taiwan.<\/p>\n

The picture below is released by the Taiwan Presidential Office of an incident that occurred on September 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

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This photo is released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, center, who speaks with military personnel near aircraft parked on a highway in Jiadong, Taiwan, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Four military aircraft landed on the highway and took off again on Wednesday as part of Taiwan’s five-day Han Guang military exercise designed to prepare the island’s forces for an attack by China, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notably, Indians are worried about the 100 Chinese homes<\/a> built recently in a village set up in Arunachal Pradesh, news released by the US defense report, but the Government of India<\/a> is apparently silent about and maintains hushed secrecy about the increasing invasion.<\/p>\n

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