TAIPEI: The United States has approved the potential sale of US$619 million in new weapons to Taiwan, including missiles for its F-16 fleet, as the island reported a second day of large-scale Chines
China has said its activities in the area are justified as it seeks to defend its territorial integrity and to warn the United States against"colluding" with Taiwan, despite the anger this causes in Taipei.
The J-10s, an older model that entered service two decades ago, flew closer to the Chinese coast than Taiwan's, while the J-16s, a much newer and more advanced fighter, flew northeast of the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands, the map showed. Taiwan's forces monitored the situation, including sending up its own planes, the ministry added, using the normal phrasing for its response to such Chinese incursions.None of the aircraft crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, which has served as an unofficial barrier between the two sides, but which China's air force has been flying over almost daily since staging war games near Taiwan last August.
China has not commented on recent activities near Taiwan. In January, China said it staged combat drills around the island to"resolutely counter the provocative actions of external forces and Taiwan independence separatist forces".
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