News Snapshot:
A Taiwanese Air Force F-16 in foreground flies on the flank of a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) H-6 bomber as it passes near Taiwan in February China is sending military planes near Taiwan with increasing frequency in what appears to be a stepping up of its threat to use force to take control of the island, Taiwan’s foreign minister said yesterday. Such flights are more frequent than reported in the media and have become “virtually a daily occurrence,†Joseph Wu told reporters. Along with Chinese military exercises simulating an attack on Taiwan, the flights by China are...
