Peak likely to be Mount Beidawu in Southern Taiwan: experts

Taiwan News
Date: 2016/12/17
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Ministry of National Defense on Saturday denied that the mountain featuring in a picture of a Chinese Air Force bomber was Taiwan’s tallest peak, Yushan or Jade Mountain.

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force published a picture on its official Sina Weibo account Friday of a Xi’an H-6K cruise missile bomber clearly marked with a communist red star and flying above the clouds. In the background, two mountain peaks appear above the cloud cover.

While the posting did not mention any location for the picture, Chinese media speculated it could be Taiwan’s Yushan or Mount Beidawu, on the border between Pingtung and Taitung counties.

A Chinese website wrote that a third peak had been hidden in the picture by the tail of the aircraft, which would make Mount Beidawu the more likely location for the snap, which was reportedly taken on December 10.    [FULL  STORY]