China sent 71 warplanes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a display of force over 24-hours after Beijing condemned the billions in security assistance for the self-governing island that Congress inc…
In that timeframe, 47 of the Chinese planes crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line, an unofficial boundary between the two countries, and entered Taipei’s air defense zone, Taiwan’s military said Monday.
“This is a firm response to the current US-Taiwan escalation and provocation,” Shi Yi, the spokesman for the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command, said in a statement. The new law contains more than $10 billion in security assistance for Taiwan over the next five years.“This sends a gravely wrong signal to ’Taiwan independence’ separatist forces and severely affects peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan is China’s Taiwan. No external interference in China’s internal affairs will be tolerated,” it said in a statement.
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