China Sends Warplanes Near Taiwan After U.S. Lawmakers Visit
- Beijing deploys 27 aircraft, including Y-20 refueling tanker
- We won’t bow to Communist Party pressure, Joseph Wu says
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China sent the biggest sortie of warplanes toward Taiwan in more than seven weeks after a U.S. lawmaker defied a Chinese demand that she abandon a trip to the island.
Twenty-seven Chinese aircraft, including eight J-16 fighter jets, entered Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone Sunday, according to a statement from the Ministry of National Defense in Taipei.