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TAIPEI: Two Chinese anti-submarine jets flew into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Wednesday and were warned by the Taiwanese air force to leave, the island’s defense ministry said on Thursday, the day a halt is due. American official.
Taiwan has repeatedly complained about escalating Chinese military activity in the air and nearby waters, in what Taipei sees as part of Beijing’s efforts to get them to accept Chinese sovereignty.
Last week, Taiwan said China carried out two days of massive drills off the southwest coast, between mainland Taiwan and the Taiwanese-controlled Pratas Islands, which China called a “necessary action” to protect its sovereignty.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the two Chinese anti-submarine jets flew around the same airspace to the southwest and received verbal radio warnings to leave.
The Taiwanese air force also monitored the two Chinese planes, it added in a brief statement.
The announcement comes on the same day that US Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach is due to arrive in Taiwan, on a trip that is likely to further irritate Beijing, which regularly denounces US support for the democratic island.
When US Health Secretary Alex Azar visited Taiwan last month, the highest-ranking US official in four decades, Chinese air force planes briefly crossed the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait and were tracked by missiles. Taiwanese.
