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Taiwan says China closed off part of S China Sea to look for crashed plane

TAIPEI: China closed off a part of the South China Sea close to Vietnam this month in its hunt for a crashed aircraft, Taiwan's intelligence agency said on Thursday, offering an alternate explanation for an exercise Beijing has called military drills.

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China closed off part of South China Sea to look for a crashed aircraft, says Taiwan intelligence agency

China closed off part of South China Sea to look for a crashed aircraft, says Taiwan intelligence agency
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China deploying gray zone tactics

The primary purpose of the military’s annual Han Kuang exercises is to test the nation’s defenses against an amphibious invasion by China, which is predicated on the assumption that Taiwan proper would be the primary theater of operations. The tri-service air defense, maritime interception and land defense exercises are the largest military exercises held by Taiwan’s armed forces. While the exercises conform with Taiwan’s strategic defense goals in respect of conventional combat operations, the Ministry of National Defense needs to reassess whether the Han Kuang exercises adequately prepare the military to respond to new threats in an era of “gray

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The Liberty Times Editorial: Dongyin incident a wake-up call

On Feb. 5, a Chinese Harbin Y-12 light civilian aircraft flew near the airspace of Lienchiang County’s Dongyin Island (東引), a small militarized island in the Matsu archipelago. A Ministry of National Defense spokesperson told a news conference that the plane had not entered Taiwan’s airspace, although an initial analysis suggested that it is too early to rule out that the aircraft was being used by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force to test the island’s emergency response measures. Opinions vary as to whether the plane’s abnormal flight path during the Lunar New Year holiday was a one-off incident

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China Reiterates That Taiwan Is Their Territory, Sends 9 Aircraft To Taiwanese Air Space

While the whole world looked to the Ukraine crisis, China has reasserted that Taiwan is part of their territory and proceeded to deploy 8 aircraft to Taiwanese ADIZ.

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