Taipei, Aug. 23 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Tuesday inspected three military units responsible for monitoring People's Liberation Army (PLA) movements around Taiwan to thank them for their service in the wake of unprecedented Chinese military drills launched earlier this month following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Military tensions with China are at their worst in more than 40 years, Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) said yesterday, days after record numbers of incursions by Chinese aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
Tensions have hit a new high between Taipei and Beijing, and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft have repeatedly flown through Taiwan’s ADIZ.
Over a four-day period beginning on Friday, Taiwan said that nearly 150 PLA military aircraft entered its ADIZ, part of a pattern of what Taipei calls Beijing’s continued harassment of the nation.
At a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs
By Lo Tien-pin, Aaron Tu and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer and ReutersMilitary tensions with China are at their worst in more than 40 years, Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng （邱國正） said yesterday, days after record numbers of incursions by Chinese aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone （ADIZ）.
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