Taipei, Mar 26: Several Chinese military aircraft were seen flying Monday over the Bashi
Channel, which lies between Taiwan and the Philippines, as part of a long-range
flight training mission in the Western Pacific, the Ministry of National
Defence (MND) said, according to CNA.
The military aircraft included an unspecified number of Su-30
fighter, a Shaanxi Y-8 transport plane and a Xian H-6 strategic bomber. They
all returned to their bases in China on the same route after the training
mission, according to the MND.
Taiwan's military keeps a close watch on Chinese military movements and maintains the necessary measures to ensure national security, the ministry added. Taiwan even scrambled aircraft to shadow military planes from China’s mainland as they flew through the Bashi Channel, a report in the South China Morning Post added.
On March 21, Taiwan sent ships and aircraft to shadow a mainland aircraft carrier group that sailed through the narrow Taiwan Strait.
The self-ruled island is one of China’s most sensitive issues and a potential military flashpoint.
The exercises by the mainland’s People’s Liberation Army come at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Taipei, and follow strong warnings by Chinese President Xi Jinping against Taiwan separatism.
Beijing views Taiwan as its territory and considers the island a breakaway province since the 1949 civil war.
Xi said last week that any attempts at separatism would face the “punishment of history”. UNI
Taiwan's military keeps a close watch on Chinese military movements and maintains the necessary measures to ensure national security, the ministry added. Taiwan even scrambled aircraft to shadow military planes from China’s mainland as they flew through the Bashi Channel, a report in the South China Morning Post added.
On March 21, Taiwan sent ships and aircraft to shadow a mainland aircraft carrier group that sailed through the narrow Taiwan Strait.
The self-ruled island is one of China’s most sensitive issues and a potential military flashpoint.
The exercises by the mainland’s People’s Liberation Army come at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Taipei, and follow strong warnings by Chinese President Xi Jinping against Taiwan separatism.
Beijing views Taiwan as its territory and considers the island a breakaway province since the 1949 civil war.
Xi said last week that any attempts at separatism would face the “punishment of history”. UNI
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