China sends warplanes, ships, drones towards Taiwan in major incursion

Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone in the past 24 hours, the island’s government said on Monday, the largest reported incursion to date.

Of the aircraft, 43 also crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line, an unofficial buffer between the two sides that lies within the defense zone, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said in a report, as Beijing continues military activities close to the Chinese-claimed…