While Chinese fighter jets conduct regular intrusions into the airspaces of Taiwan and Japan, PLA has fortified its own Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) by deploying the most advanced warplanes in its inventory.
Canada’s acting envoy in Beijing will be sent to Taiwan to take on the unofficial role as ambassador to the self-ruled island amid its rising tensions with China.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest ranking American government official to visit Taiwan in decades - raising the temperature of the already-tense Taiwan Strait. The current situation reflects not only a history of conflict, but also China’s concerns about U.S. influence in its backyard.