UPI
Aug. 10, 2020
By: Elizabeth Shim

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar (L) and his Taiwanese counterpart Chen Shih-chung (R) signed a memorandum of understanding on health cooperation on Monday. Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA-EFE

Aug. 10 (UPI) — Chinese fighter jets trespassed the center of the Taiwan Strait in an apparent warning to Taipei as Taiwan received its highest-level U.S. official visit since 1979.

Chinese fighter jets Shenyang J-11 and Chengdu J-10 crossed the unofficial boundary that separates Taiwan from the mainland on Monday, Taipei's ministry of national defense said, according to Taiwan News.

The "People's Liberation Army Air Force jets' deliberate intrusion…in the Taiwan Strait have seriously undermined regional security and stability," Taiwan's air force said following the incident.

Taiwan also said that it could "respond appropriately to changes in the enemy's disposition to maintain the security of the homeland," according to the report.    [FULL  STORY]