China's Taiwan military incursions test the limits of airspace


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Over the past four days, more than 120 Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft have passed by Taiwan in separate maneuvers, entering the self-governing island's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). On Saturday, coinciding with the founding holiday of the People's Republic of China, the PLA flew 39 aircraft into the ADIZ, including bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The flybys drew condemnation from the United States and Taiwan. On Monday, Taiwan's Defense Ministry reported more than 50 PLA aircraft had entered the ADIZ, in the largest such maneuver to date. The PLA aircraft passed over the island's southwest coast at...