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Chinese Warplanes Enter Taiwan Airspace at Least 46 Times in Past Week, Drawing Rebuke

Chinese Warplanes Enter Taiwan Airspace at Least 46 Times in Past Week, Drawing Rebuke
A J-16 fighter jet performing in the sky in Changchun in China's northeastern Jilin province on Oct. 17, 2019. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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Chinese bomber and fighter jets have entered Taiwan’s airspace at least 46 times from Sept. 17 to Sept. 24, in an escalation of military aggression that has angered Taipei.

The latest was on Thursday, when a Chinese anti-submarine aircraft entered Taiwan airspace, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense announced.
Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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