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The first sortie of 52 planes included 34 J-16 fighter jets and 12 H-6 bombers, among other aircraft, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence. Later, four more Chinese J-16s flew toward the southwestern part of Taiwan's air defence identification zone — a buffer outside a country’s airspace. The Taiwanese air force scrambled its fighter planes and monitored the movement of the Chinese warplanes on its air defence system, the ministry said. China claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, to be brought under its control by force if necessary. It refuses to recognise the island’s government and has...
