Chinese aircraft fly over Taiwan in weekend of drills
Taipei
CHINESE military aircraft carried out two rounds of drills over Taiwan at the weekend, flying past its southern tip and then around its north near Japan, the self-ruled island's defence ministry said.
China has been increasingly asserting itself in territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas. It is also worried about Taiwan, which it claims as its own, but which is run by a government China fears is intent on independence.
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