In the last 24 hours, 43 Chinese fighter jets crossed center line of Taiwan Strait

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Taipei: Corona (Covid Crisis in China) continues to wreak havoc in China. There are long queues from hospitals to crematoriums. Death is creating havoc all around. But even in this condition, China is engaged in the siege of Taiwan. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said on Monday that in the last 24 hours, 43 Chinese Air Force fighter jets crossed the center line of the Taiwan Strait.

China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, said it had expanded sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday in response to provocations from the democratically-ruled island and the United States, according to news agency Reuters. Had ‘practiced’.

Taiwan, which strongly rejects China’s claims of sovereignty, said the exercise showed Beijing was destroying regional peace and trying to intimidate Taiwanese people. According to a map provided by Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, the jets involved in this latest incursion by China crossed the center line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait, an informal buffer zone. The ministry said that seven Chinese naval ships have also been detected near Taiwan.

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Taiwan’s Defense Ministry further said in its response that Taiwan also sent its fighter jets to warn Chinese planes. At the same time, Taiwan’s missile system monitored the flight of Chinese planes. Significantly, China has increased pressure on the self-ruled island in recent years to accept Beijing’s rule. At the same time, the government of Taiwan says that it wants peace but it will protect itself if attacked.

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