Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says bombers flew near Taiwan

A group of Chinese H-6K bombers recently flew near Taiwan to practice “confrontation drills”, Chinese state media reported late on Sunday, publicising the action just a few days before the U.S. and Chinese presidents are due to meet in South Korea. Taiwan’s defence ministry denounced the report as a propaganda ploy.
Chinese state television’s military channel’s Weibo account said that recently units from the Eastern Theatre Command had conducted combat-oriented training to test their capabilities in areas like air blockades and precision strikes.
“Several J-10 fighters flew in combat formation to a designated target airspace, and multiple H-6K bombers went to the waters and airspace around Taiwan island to carry out simulated confrontation drills,” it added, without providing the location.
Taiwan’s defence ministry said in a statement that the report was “clearly a public-opinion operation aimed at intimidation”.