China has flown 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new daily high for the activity the island considers harassment.

China’s military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island’s defense ministry called a recent new high.

The planes were detected between 6 a.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. on Monday, the ministry said. As is customary, they turned back before reaching Taiwan. Chinese warplanes fly toward the self-governing island on a near-daily basis but typically in smaller numbers. The Taiwan ministry didn’t explain what time period it meant by a “recent” high.

China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, has conducted increasingly large military drills in the air and waters around Taiwan as tensions have grown between the two and with the United States. The U.S. is Taiwan’s main supplier of arms and opposes any attempt to change Taiwan’s status by force.

      • apprehensively_human@lemmy.caEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        The only solace is that millions of years after we manage to annihilate ourselves, the earth will recover and continue as if we were never here.

        • Pieisawesome@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Any new sentient life will have a much harder time, since easily accessible fuel, coal and oil, will have already been used up

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said that 40 of the planes crossed the symbolic halfway point between mainland China and the island.

    The ministry called the Chinese military action “harassment” that it warned could escalate in the current tense atmosphere.

    “We urge the Beijing authorities to bear responsibility and immediately stop such kind of destructive military activities,” it said in a statement.’’

    China last week sent a flotilla of ships including the aircraft carrier Shandong into waters near Taiwan.

    The drills came shortly after the U.S. and Canada sailed warships through the Taiwan Strait, the waters that separate the island from the mainland.

    The ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which leans toward formal independence for the island, is anathema to the Chinese government.

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      • Mateoto@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        1 year ago

        You are aware that China is currently the aggressor, and the US and Canada are showing symbolic strength with these maneuvers to support Taiwan?

          • Mateoto@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            1 year ago

            It certainly does in today’s global political landscape. Regrettably, we’ve reverted to a more conservative and pragmatic scenario where autocratic regimes are somewhat constrained by power dynamics.

            As you may have observed, actors like Russia are disregarding international norms. Instead of pursuing diplomatic de-escalation, they’re spreading misinformation to exacerbate conflicts and disrupt international relations, particularly in Western regions, bro.