Channel News Asia
Date: 20 Apr 2018
BEIJING: Chinese bombers and spy planes have flown around Taiwan, the air force said
A Chinese armed helicopter fires at targets with rocket projectiles in a live-firing exercise off China’s southeast coast. (Photo: Xinhua News Agency)
on Thursday (Apr 19) as Taipei accused Beijing of trying to stoke regional tensions with its military drills.
China sees the democratically-governed island as a renegade part of its territory to be brought back into the fold and has not ruled out reunification by force.
H-6K bombers, Su-30 and J-11 fighters and reconnaissance aircraft took part in a patrol around Taiwan, air force spokesman Shen Jinke told the official Xinhua news agency.
Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Ma Xiaoguang said the exercise served as a warning against those pushing for Taiwanese independence. [FULL STORY]
