China's military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island's defence ministry said Monday was a daily record in recent times.
The Associated PressChina, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, has conducted increasingly large military drills in the air and waters around Taiwan. Above, a Chinese military plane flies during a training exercise in August, 2022 in this image made from video and released by China's Xinhua News Agency.The planes were detected between 6 a.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. local time on Monday, the ministry said. As is customary, they turned back before reaching Taiwan.
China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, has conducted increasingly large military drills in the air and waters around Taiwan as tensions have grown between the two and with the United States. The U.S. is Taiwan's main supplier of arms and opposes any attempt to change Taiwan's status by force.
Taiwan's Defence Ministry said that 40 of the planes crossed the symbolic halfway point between mainland China and the island. It also reported nine naval vessels in the previous 24 hours.
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