Taiwan's ministry of defense said that in the past 24 hours it had detected 19 aircraft of the Chinese air force in its air defense zone.
The ministry said the planes, all of which are J-10 fighters, have arrived in the southwest corner of Taiwan's air defense zone.
Taiwan’s forces monitored the situation, including sending up its own air force planes.
The Taiwanese defense minister said that the Chinese army is learning from the Russian invasion of Ukraine that any attack on Taiwan must be quick to succeed, but the Taiwan Strait will make that difficult.
The Taiwanese government has repeatedly offered talks with China, but says the island will defend itself if attacked and that only the Taiwanese people can decide their own future
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