Taiwan reports renewed Chinese military activity, planes in ‘response’ zone

Taiwan’s defence ministry
reported renewed Chinese military activity around the island on
Friday, including 13 aircraft entering Taiwan’s “response” zone
and five ships carrying out combat readiness patrols.
China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its
own territory, has complained for the past three years of
increased military pressure from Beijing.
On Saturday, China held a day of drills around Taiwan in
an angry response to brief stop-overs this month in the United
States by Vice President William Lai.
The ministry said that starting about 7 a.m. (2300 GMT),
it had detected 22 Chinese aircraft – fighters, bombers, early
warning aircraft and drones – of which 13 entered Taiwan’s
“response” zone, though it did not give details.