China sends warplanes toward Taiwan after US lawmakers visit


The deployment of warplanes was the largest since Oct 4, when People’s Liberation Army aircraft conducted a record 56 flights near Taiwan just after China held National Day celebrations to mark the 72nd anniversary of the People’s Republic. - AP

BEIJING (Bloomberg): China sent the biggest sortie of warplanes toward Taiwan in more than seven weeks after a US lawmaker defied a Chinese demand that she abandon a trip to the island.

Twenty-seven Chinese aircraft, including eight J-16 fighter jets, entered Taiwan’s southwest air defence identification zone Sunday (Nov 28) according to a statement from the Ministry of National Defence in Taipei.

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