{"id":35934,"date":"2026-01-17T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/17\/taiwan-says-chinese-drone-made-provocative-flight-over-south-china-sea-island\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:35:00","slug":"taiwan-says-chinese-drone-made-provocative-flight-over-south-china-sea-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/17\/taiwan-says-chinese-drone-made-provocative-flight-over-south-china-sea-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan says Chinese drone made &#8216;provocative&#8217; flight over South China Sea island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese reconnaissance drone briefly flew over the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea on Saturday, in what Taiwan&#8217;s defence ministry called a &#8220;provocative and irresponsible&#8221; move.<br \/>Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, reports Chinese military activity around it on an almost daily basis, including drones though they very rarely enter Taiwanese airspace.<br \/>Taiwan&#8217;s defence ministry said the Chinese reconnaissance drone was detected around dawn on Saturday approaching the Pratas Islands and flew in its airspace for eight minutes at an altitude outside the range of anti-aircraft weapons.<br \/>&#8220;After our side broadcast warnings on international channels, it departed at 0548,&#8221; 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