Record number of 56 PLA aircraft cross median line of Taiwan Strait｜Taiwan News

Twenty-nine countries are taking part in the U.S.-held Rim of the Pacific Exercise, the world’s largest military exercise of its kind. Meanwhile, China is holding drills involving its Shandong carrier in the western Pacific. All the while, PLA aircraft continue to intrude on Taiwan’s ADIZ. According to the defense ministry, 66 Chinese military aircraft were detected near Taiwan from 5 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday. Marking a new high, 56 of them crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait. Let’s hear from the ministry.

Voice of Sun Li-fang
Defense ministry spokesperson
The military is closely monitoring any movements in the seas and airspace surrounding Taiwan, including movements by PLA vessels and aircraft. PLA warplanes have been carrying out extensive maritime training operations in the open sea as part of exercises with the Shandong carrier.

Su Tzu-yun
Institute for National Defense and Security Research
AIT Director Raymond Greene has assumed office in Taiwan and has expressed support for Taiwan. At the same time, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has called on countries attending the NATO summit in Washington to put pressure on the Chinese Communist Party. So Beijing is taking the opportunity to show its displeasure.

Meanwhile, just after 6 a.m. on Thursday, four Chinese coast guard vessels intruded into restricted waters off the coast of Kinmen. Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration dispatched four vessels of its own to shadow the vessels while broadcasting warnings. This is the 31st incursion of its kind this year. The Coast Guard Administration stressed that such incidents are not conducive to cross-strait exchanges.

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