China Staging Big Military Incursion Into Taiwan

China is staging one of its biggest incursions so far in the seas and skies around Taiwan. On Monday, Taiwan’s defence ministry said 43 Chinese aircraft had crossed over the unofficial buffer separating the two sides inside the air defence zone.

China said it had conducted “strike drills” around Taiwan on Sunday in response to provocation from the island and the US.

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Data from Taiwan’s defence ministry said that 71 Chinese air force planes, including fighter jets and drones, entered their defence identification zone.

In August, china was enraged by a visit to the Island by US speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, held what was then its biggest-ever military exercises in the seas around Taiwan and also blocked some trade with the island.