Taiwan reports new large-scale Chinese air force incursion

Taiwan sent combat aircraft to warn away the Chinese aircraft, while missile systems were deployed to monitor them. - Reuters

TAIPEI (Reuters): Taiwan on Sunday (Jan 23) reported the largest incursion since October by China's air force in its air defence zone, with the island's defence ministry saying Taiwanese fighters scrambled to warn away 39 aircraft in the latest uptick in tensions.

Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for more than a year of repeated missions by China's air force near the democratically governed island, often in the southwestern part of its air defence identification zone, or ADIZ, close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.