Taiwan says further 20 Chinese air force planes entered its air defence zone


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Representative image TAIPEI: A further 20 Chinese air force planes entered Taiwan 's air defence zone on Saturday, the defence ministry in Taipei said. Earlier, a record 38 Chinese military jets crossed into Taiwan's defence zone as Beijing marked the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taipei said on Saturday. The show of force on China's National Day on Friday near the self-ruled democratic island, which Beijing claims as part of its territory, came in the same week it accused Britain of sending a warship into the Taiwan Strait with "evil intentions". Taiwan's defence ministry said it scrambled its...