China raises conflict risk with breaches of Taiwan buffer zone
Former defence adviser suggests aggressive probes by Beijing may be designed to provoke the Taiwanese air force to shoot first
20 September 2020 - 21:29
China is ratcheting up the risk of military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing seeks to deter Taipei from continuing to deepen ties with the US and other like-minded democracies.
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft repeatedly breached the median line between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland last week, in the latest of a series of military exercises in the area...
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