Taiwan's defence ministry detects 21 Chinese military aircraft

People look at a Chinese H6 bomber and other aircraft at the Military Museum in Beijing on March 3, 2024. - PHOTO: AFP

TAIPEI (AFP): A surge of Chinese military aircraft was detected around Taiwan during a three-hour window on Saturday, Taipei's defence ministry said, a month before the self-ruled island's May 20 inauguration of incoming president Lai Ching-te.

China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory, and has said it will never renounce the use of force to bring the island under its control.