Thirty Chinese military aircraft on Monday entered Taiwan’s southwestern air defense identification zone the second-biggest single-day incursion this year.
The latest incident involved 22 fighter jets as well as electronic warfare aircraft, and anti-submarine and airborne early warning and control aircraft. They flew on a course close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島) and the strategically important Bashi Channel.
As per standard practice, Taiwan’s military scrambled interceptor jets, issued radio warnings and deployed defense missile systems to track the Chinese aircraft.
Such incursions are an overt display of Beijing’s unrelenting war of attrition against Taiwan and have become a regular
The Kaohsiung District Court yesterday handed former Naval Education, Training and Doctrine Command General Division commander Chang Pei-ning (張培凝) nearly four years in prison for assisting Hong Kong businessman Hsieh Hsi-chang (謝錫璋) in developing an espionage cell in Taiwan in contravention of the National Security Act (國家安全法).
Starting in 1996, Hsieh and Chinese businessman Zeng Zhaofeng (曾昭峰) infiltrated Taiwan many times on orders of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) intelligence branch, seeking to befriend serving or retired military officers via banquets and sports events, the ruling said.
Hsieh introduced mineral ore and timber buyers to Chang, who later agreed to help Hsieh
Beijing allegedly sought out commanders in the Taiwan military and induced them to become spies, according to the documents.
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For more than 20 years, Xie Xizhang presented himself as a Hong Kong businessman on visits to Taiwan. He now stands accused of having another mission: recruiting spies for China.