Taiwan sent aircraft and ships to monitor the Chinese aircraft, says Taiwan's defense ministry
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s defense ministry reported renewed Chinese military activity around the island on Friday, August 25, including 13 aircraft entering Taiwan’s “response” zone and five ships carrying out combat readiness patrols.in an angry response to brief stop-overs this month in the United States by Vice President William Lai.
China has not announced further drills around Taiwan since Saturday, though it frequently mounts such missions without acknowledging them beforehand or afterwards. The ministry, in a separate statement on Friday morning, said that during the previous 24 hours it had spotted two Chinese drones near northern Taiwan.
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