The China Post
Date: December 18, 2016
By: The China Post news staff
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Mainland China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force posted a photo
This photo from the Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force’s Weibo microblog site shows a Xian H-6K jet bomber allegedly flying within visible range of Yushan, Taiwan’s highest mountain, on Saturday, Dec. 16. (From Chinese PLA Air Force Weibo site)
Saturday on its microblog allegedly showing a Xian H-6K jet bomber flying within visible range of Yushan (Jade Mountain, 玉山), Taiwan’s highest mountain.
The photo triggered speculation that China’s government was looking to demonstrate its military capability amid mounting cross-strait tensions.
But Ministry of National Defense spokesman Chen Chung-chi (陳中吉) said reports that the bomber could have been flying over Taiwan’s Yushan (北大武山) were “pure speculation” by mainland Chinese news media. Chen said the MND had been closely monitoring any military movements by the PLA.
On Friday, the PLA posted photos of a Xian H-6K bomber and its escort fighters on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging service similar to Twitter, but the photos didn’t show any relative position of the aircraft or any identifiable landmarks. [FULL STORY]
