China sent 10 warplanes across the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, leading Taiwan to scramble fighter jets for the second time in less than a week.
China sent 10 warplanes across the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, leading Taiwan to scramble its own fighter jets for the second time in less than a week.The frequent median crossings come amid a wider Chinese campaign of aggression toward Taiwan, which has seen Chinese forces surround the self-governed island to simulate an invasion.
Mainland China has long claimed Taiwan as its own territory. The island split from China in 1949, when democratic forces fled there after losing a civil war to the Chinese Communist Party. China argues visits by U.S. lawmakers to Taiwan infringe on the One China policy, which recognizes Beijing as the sole government of China and prevents the U.S. from holding formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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