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Chinese Bombers Staged Simulated Attacks on US Aircraft Carrier Near Taiwan, Report Says © AP Photo Oleg Burunov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202101291081921154-chinese-bombers-staged-simulated-attacks-on-us-aircraft-carrier-near-taiwan-report-says-/ Taiwan, which Beijing considers to be part of its territory, has repeatedly accused China of encroaching upon the island's air defence identification zone, adding to the ongoing tensions between the two sides. Chinese warplanes simulated missile strikes on a nearby US aircraft carrier during an apparent incursion into the southwestern zone of Taiwan's air defences last Sunday, the Financial Times cited unnamed intelligence sources as saying. The sources claimed that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) sent 11 aircraft there...