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China’s military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in a US annual defense spending bill passed on Saturday.
China’s military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims to own, has intensified in recent years, and the Communist party’s People’s Liberation Army has sent planes or ships toward the island on a near-daily basis.
Between 6am Sunday and 6am Monday, 47 of the Chinese planes crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides, according to Taiwan’s defence ministry.
