Rest of World News: Taiwan demands China reroute aircraft near its islands due to safety risks and unilateral actions. Tensions rise over flight path changes near sensiti
Taiwan said on Friday China's decision to open new air routes that run perilously close to two Taiwanese-controlled islands was a flight safety risk taken without consultation, adding it will demand any aircraft using them be asked to turn around. Taiwan's government expressed anger in January after China "unilaterally" changed a flight path called M503 close to the sensitive median line in the Taiwan Strait. China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory.
Taiwan s Civil Aviation
Administration said on Friday that new Chinese air routes
running close to two Taiwanese-controlled islands will seriously
impact flight safety in Taiwanese air space,.
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