China Sends Most Warplanes Ever Across Key Line With Taiwan
- Taiwan’s military says 56 aircraft crossed US-drawn boundary
- Lai Ching-te mulls stopping in US as part of a visit to allies
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China sent a record number of warplanes across a US-drawn boundary in the Taiwan Strait — a move that comes as the new president of the archipelago mulls a trip that may include a stop in America.
Some 56 aircraft crossed the so-called median line as of early Thursday, the Ministry of National Defense in Taipei said on the X social media site. Taiwanese aircraft, naval vessels and missile systems were used “in response” to the flights by the People’s Liberation Army, the military added, without providing details on what that entailed.