A spokesman for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, above, called China’s flights “provocative and damaging the cross-straits status quo”. Photo: EPA-EFE A spokesman for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, above, called China’s flights “provocative and damaging the cross-straits status quo”. Photo: EPA-EFE
A spokesman for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, above, called China’s flights “provocative and damaging the cross-straits status quo”. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Taiwan blasts China for ‘reckless and provocative’ fighter jet incursion

  • It is highly unusual for Chinese jets and warships to cross the so-called median line in the Taiwan Strait, a widely agreed upon boundary
  • Taiwanese news media said the last time Chinese jets had crossed the line was in 2011

Topic |   Taiwan
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 6:43am, 1 Apr, 2019

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A spokesman for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, above, called China’s flights “provocative and damaging the cross-straits status quo”. Photo: EPA-EFE A spokesman for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, above, called China’s flights “provocative and damaging the cross-straits status quo”. Photo: EPA-EFE
A spokesman for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, above, called China’s flights “provocative and damaging the cross-straits status quo”. Photo: EPA-EFE
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