Taiwan says 19 Chinese warplanes entered air defence zone

Taiwan’s armed forces reported that 19 aircraft from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force were approaching the island.

Taiwan’s military indicated that the aircraft, including J-16 fighter jets and KJ-500 radar detection planes, began nearing the island at 07:00 local time on September 11, Caliber.Az reports citing foreign media.

Fourteen of these aircraft reportedly crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone in the northern, central, and southwestern regions.

The report further detailed that between 06:00 on September 10 and 06:00 on September 11, Taiwan detected 21 PLA aircraft, nine military vessels, and a PRC government vessel approaching the island.

Taiwan, governed separately since 1949 after Kuomintang forces fled following their defeat in the Chinese Civil War, is considered by Beijing to be a province of the People's Republic of China.