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DEFENSE. In this file photo, members of the Taiwanese navy put up a Taiwanese flag as the naval vessel approaches the port in Yilan, Taiwan, July 26, 2022. TAIPEI, Taiwan – Forty-three Chinese air force planes crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line in the past 24 hours, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said on Monday, December 26, as Beijing continues its military activities close to the Chinese-claimed island. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, said it had conducted “strike drills” in the sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday in response to what it said was provocation from the democratically-governed...
