Taiwan detects 50 Chinese military aircraft around island
The Hindu
China threatens Taiwan's sovereignty with military deployments, cyberattacks, and espionage, as international tensions rise in the region.
Taiwan detected 50 Chinese military aircraft around the island, the Defence Ministry said on Friday (June 20, 2025), days after a British naval vessel transitted through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
China insists democratic, self-ruled Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring the island under its control.
Beijing has ramped up the deployment of fighter jets and naval vessels around Taiwan in recent years to press its claim of sovereignty, which Taipei rejects.
Taiwan also accuses China of using espionage, cyberattacks and disinformation to weaken its defences.
Along with the 50 aircraft, six Chinese naval vessels were also detected in the 24 hours to 6:00 a.m. (2200 GMT Thursday), the Defence Ministry said.
The latest incursion came after British Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Spey sailed through the Taiwan Strait on June 18, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
The United States and other countries view the 180-kilometre (112-mile) Taiwan Strait as international waters that should be open to all vessels.
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