Taiwan has accused China of repeated missions in the southern areas of its air defence identification zone in the last two years.
Shi Yi, spokesman for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Eastern Theatre Command, said:"This is a firm response to the current US-Taiwan escalation and provocation."as a strategic challenge and approved more security cooperation with Taiwan.
The Chinese government claims democratic Taiwan must return to China, and it has increasingly harassed the island in recent years, regularly sending planes or ships towards it.Taiwan rejects China's claim of sovereignty, and its official news agency said there was no sense of alarm on the island following the latest development.
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