China has sent 14 fighter jets across the Taiwan Strait median line in a show of force against
Taipei after one of its drones was shot down.
The defence ministry said the jets crossed the unofficial territorial barrier
in the sabre-rattling exercise as Beijing continues its military activities near the disputed island.
Earlier today, Taiwan's military for the first time
shot down an unidentified civilian drone that entered its airspace near an islet
off the Chinese coast.
China has sent 14 fighter jets across the Taiwan Strait median line in a show of force against Taipei (file image of Chinese fighter
jets last month near Taiwan)
The government vowed to take tough measures to deal with an increase in such intrusions.
Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own against the strong objections of the Taipei government, has
held military exercises around the island since early last month in reaction to a visit to Taipei by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Taiwan's government has said it will not provoke or escalate tensions but has been particularly
angered recently by repeated cases of Chinese drones buzzing islands
controlled by Taiwan close to China's coast.
The defence command for Kinmen, a group of Taiwan-controlled islands
opposite China's Xiamen and Quanzhou cities, said in a statement released by Taiwan's
defence ministry that the drone entered restricted air space over Lion Islet just after midday (4am GMT).
A Chinese vessel is seen near Taiwanese territory on Tuesday amid escalating tensions between the superpower and the island
Troops on the islet tried warning it away but to no effect, so shot it down, with the remains landing in the sea,
it added.
Taiwan fired warning shots at a drone for the first time on Tuesday shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen ordered the
military to take 'strong countermeasures' against what she termed Chinese provocations.
China's foreign ministry, which on Monday dismissed Taiwan's
complaints about drones as nothing 'to make a fuss about',
referred questions to the defence ministry, which had yet to comment.
Chiu Chui-cheng, deputy head of Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council, told reporters in Taipei that
Taiwan had the legal authority to take 'necessary defence measures',
as Chinese aircraft were not allowed into
Kinmen's air space.
Military honour guards hold a morning Taiwan flag raising ceremony, at Liberty Square in Taipei
Those measures include forcing aircraft to leave or to land,
he said.
Speaking to the armed forces earlier on Thursday, Tsai said China was using
drones and other 'grey zone' tactics to try
to intimidate Taiwan, her office cited her as saying in a statement.
Tsai again emphasised that Taiwan would not provoke disputes but that did not mean that it
would not take countermeasures, the statement added.
'She has also ordered the Ministry of National Defense to take necessary and strong countermeasures
in a timely manner to defend national security,' it said.
'Let the military guard the country without fear and with solid
confidence.'
Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, which at its closest point is a
few hundred metres (feet) from Chinese territory, since the defeated Republic of China government
fled to Taipei after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong's communists in 1949.
During the height of the Cold War, China regularly shelled Kinmen and other Taiwanese-held
islands along the Chinese coast, but they are now tourist destinations.
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China has sent 14 fighter jets across the Taiwan Strait median line in a show of force against Taipei after one of its
drones was shot down.
The defence ministry said the jets crossed the unofficial territorial barrier in the sabre-rattling exercise as Beijing continues its military activities near the disputed island.
Earlier today, Taiwan's military for the first time shot down an unidentified civilian drone that entered its airspace near an islet off the Chinese coast.
China has sent 14 fighter jets across the Taiwan Strait
median line in a show of force against Taipei (file image of Chinese fighter jets last month near Taiwan)
The government vowed to take tough measures to deal with an increase in such intrusions.
Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own against the strong objections of the Taipei government, has held
military exercises around the island since early last month in reaction to a visit to Taipei by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy
Pelosi.
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Taiwan's government has said it will not provoke or escalate tensions but
has been particularly angered recently by repeated cases of Chinese
drones buzzing islands controlled by Taiwan close to China's coast.
The defence command for Kinmen, a group of Taiwan-controlled islands opposite China's Xiamen and Quanzhou cities, said
in a statement released by Taiwan's defence ministry that the drone entered restricted
air space over Lion Islet just after midday (4am GMT).
A Chinese vessel is seen near Taiwanese territory on Tuesday amid escalating tensions between the superpower and the
island
Troops on the islet tried warning it away but to no effect, so shot it down, with the
remains landing in the sea, it added.
Taiwan fired warning shots at a drone for the first time on Tuesday shortly
after President Tsai Ing-wen ordered the military to take 'strong countermeasures' against what she
termed Chinese provocations.
China's foreign ministry, which on Monday dismissed Taiwan's complaints about
drones as nothing 'to make a fuss about', referred questions to the defence ministry, which had yet to comment.
Chiu Chui-cheng, deputy head of Taiwan's China-policy making
Mainland Affairs Council, told reporters in Taipei that Taiwan had the legal authority to take 'necessary defence measures', as Chinese aircraft were not allowed into Kinmen's air space.
Military honour guards hold a morning Taiwan flag raising ceremony, at Liberty
Square in Taipei
Those measures include forcing aircraft to leave or to land,
he said.
Speaking to the armed forces earlier on Thursday, Tsai said China was using drones and other 'grey zone' tactics to try to intimidate Taiwan, her office cited her as saying in a statement.
Tsai again emphasised that Taiwan would not provoke disputes but
that did not mean that it would not take countermeasures, the statement added.
'She has also ordered the Ministry of National Defense to take necessary and strong countermeasures in a timely manner to defend national
security,' it said.
'Let the military guard the country without fear and with solid confidence.'
Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, which at its closest point
is a few hundred metres (feet) from Chinese territory, since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei after losing
a civil war to Mao Zedong's communists in 1949.
During the height of the Cold War, China regularly shelled Kinmen and other Taiwanese-held islands
along the Chinese coast, but they are now tourist destinations.
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