Taiwan Says Large-Scale Chinese Military Flights Return After Unusual Absence

TAIPEI, March 15 (Reuters) – Taiwan on Sunday reported ?the ?return of large-scale Chinese air ?force activities around the island after an unexplained absence of ?more than two weeks that prompted speculation in Taipei as to Beijing’s motives. China, which ?views democratically governed Taiwan as its ?own territory, normally sends fighter jets, drones and other military aircraft around ?the island ?on a daily basis, with interruptions generally caused by bad weather. Taiwan’s ?defence ministry, in a daily update on Sunday morning, said it had detected 26 Chinese military aircraft, concentrated in the Taiwan Strait, over the previous 24 hours. It…