Chinese media circles ‘Taiwan mountains’ on image from ‘island encirclement patrol’
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/12/13
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Images of Chinese warplanes on Monday appearing to fly within
Mountains of Taiwan supposedly circled in red. (Weibo image)
view of Taiwan’s mountains have been posted by Chinese media sites on Weibo, causing much consternation and concern in Taiwan, if they indeed were that close.
People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) spokesman Colonel Shen Jinke said on Monday (Dec. 11), that a group of aircraft composed of Xian H-6 Bombers, Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets, Shenyang J-11 fighter jets, Tupolev Tu-154 reconnaissance planes, and an air refueling tanker conducted a routine “island encirclement patrol” to “safeguard national sovereignty.”
Chinese media outlets then embellished the story by posting images on Weibo of the warplanes with what appears to be mountains in the distant background, which are circled in red and then described as “Taiwan’s mountains.” [FULL STORY]