Chinese incursions into Taiwan's air defense zone spike dramatically
Chinese air force incursions spike dramatically
ESCALATION: Last month’s 446 incursions were more than the number recorded in 2020, with Bonnie Glaser saying China is trying to wear down Taiwan’s pilots
By William Hetherington / Staff writer with CNA
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force last month made 446 incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the Defense Post reported on Thursday.
Last month’s incursions far surpassed the number recorded during the whole of 2020, the report said.
“The median line [of the Taiwan Strait] has long been seen as a way to avoid conflict, but China has begun whittling away at it,” Bonnie Glaser, director of the Asia program at think tank the German Marshall Fund of the US, was cited by Voice of America as saying in a report on Friday.
China would likely conduct more exercises with the aim of “narrowing Taiwan’s operating space and calling into question its claim to an ADIZ and an [exclusive economic zone],” the report quoted her as saying.
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