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Recent Chinese intrusions into Taiwan s ADIZ aimed at U.S.: analyst
01/31/2021 05:45 PM
A Y-8 tactical reconnaissance plane. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense.
Taipei, Jan. 31 (CNA) Amid Beijing s frequent air sorties into Taiwan s southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the two largest maneuvers on Jan. 23 and 24 were directed more at the new Joe Biden administration of the United States than Taiwan, according to an expert with a government-funded think tank in Taiwan.
The observation was made in a paper by Hung Tzu-chieh (洪子傑), an assistant research fellow at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR).
According to Taiwan s Ministry of National Defense, China s People s Liberation Army (PLA) sent warplanes into the airspace between Taiwan and the Dongsha (Pratas) Islands in the South China Sea on at least 100 days in 2020.