Chinese military aircraft and ships passed close to Taiwan Tuesday
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/12/18
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
A Taiwanese IDF close to a Chinese Shaanxi Y-8 transport aircraft Tuesday in a picture released by the Ministry of National Defense. (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – As four Chinese air force planes and two navy vessels appeared close to the coast of southern Taiwan Tuesday, an expert recommended Taiwan forge closer military ties with its democratic neighbors.
The Ministry of National Defense released a picture of one of its Indigenous Defense Fighters closing in on a Chinese Shaanxi Y-8 transport aircraft Tuesday.
China wanted to show that its policies toward Taiwan had not changed even as the opposition Kuomintang had made significant gains in the November 24 local elections, said Lin Ying-yu (林穎佑), an assistant professor and expert in international strategy at National Chung Cheng University.
Any Chinese military activity in the area surrounding Taiwan not only posed a threat against the island, but also against its neighbors, so Taipei should seek closer military ties to those countries, the Central News Agency quoted Lin as saying. [FULL STORY]
