South China Morning Post
A Chinese People’s Liberation Army warplane briefly approached Taiwan on Friday, a day after the island test-fired two missiles off its coast amid rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
The PLA Yun-8 transport plane crossed the median line in the strait on Friday, crossing the unofficial airspace boundary between the two parties.
Taiwan’s defence ministry said it responded by scrambling jet fighters.
“We detected the Chinese Communist Yun-8 aircraft flying southwest into Taiwan this morning and immediately dispatched our fighter jets to shadow it and disperse through radio warning,” the ministry said.
Describing the situation as “normal”, the ministry said it had full surveillance and control of all activities in the sea and air that surrounded Taiwan.
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