A small Chinese civilian aircraft flew very close to a remote Taiwanese-controlled island next to China's coast earlier this month, Taiwan's defence ministry said on Tuesday, adding China may be trying a new strategy to test its reactions.
Taiwan has complained for the last two years of repeated Chinese military activity near it, mostly China's air force flying into Taiwan's air defence zone off its southwestern and southern coasts though relatively far away from Taiwan itself.
"On the Dongyin incident, of course we have made a preliminary judgment, and we cannot rule out that they are using civilian aircraft to test the responses of our military," ministry spokesman Shih Shun-wen told reporters. Shih declined to give details on how Taiwan's forces reacted to the incident, citing military confidentiality.Taiwanese media have carried footage of the aircraft flying right next to Dongyin, and said residents could see and hear it clearly.
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