Record 38 Chinese PLA Aircraft Enter Taiwan’s Air Defense Zone

[BeatMan]

A record-breaking 38 Chinese military aircraft penetrated Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Friday, forcing the island to deploy its air defense missile system to monitor the incursion, Taiwan News reported.

China’s People’s Liberation Army Airforce (PLAAF) ordered two separate incursions into Taiwan’s airspace on October 1. The PLAAF deployed a total of 38 aircraft to violate Taiwan’s ADIZ on Friday, which is the highest-ever such figure recorded in a single day.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) published two reports on October 1 documenting the twin PLAAF intrusions, which took place hours apart. According to the first report, the Chinese Air Force first deployed “18 Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, four SU-30 jets, two Xian H-6 bombers, and one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare (Y-8 ASW) plane” to enter the southwest corner of Taiwan’s ADIZ.

A short time later, the PLAAF sent another detachment to fly through “a much larger swathe of the southwestern section of the ADIZ,” according to Taiwan News. This unit included “10 Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, two Xian H-6 bombers, and one KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft.”

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021...-pla-aircraft-enter-taiwans-air-defense-zone/

 

[mayfly13]

What does it mean?

They say that China has a habit of violating Taiwan's ADZ to express displeasure with something that Taiwan did.

But this being the largest one to date + a bomber:
What did Taiwan do to trigger China to such a degree?
Or is China just reminding Taiwan who's boss, or is it a precursor of war?

 

[mayfly13]

So are we entering ww3 or not???

from The Guardian:


oct. 2
"Taipei says Chinese jets and bombers crossed zone as Beijing marked the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic China has (lately) stepped up military and political pressure to try and force Taiwan to accept Chinese sovereignty.
---The show of force (...) came in the same week it accused Britain of sending a warship into the Taiwan strait with “evil intentions”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...rsion-as-38-chinese-planes-fly-over-air-space


sep. 28
Britain sent a warship through the Taiwan strait on Monday for the first time since 2008, a move that challenges Beijing’s claim to the sensitive waterway and marks a rare voyage by a non-US military vessel.
---US warships regularly conduct “freedom of navigation” exercises in the strait and trigger angry responses from Beijing, which claims Taiwan and surrounding waters – and almost all of the South China Sea. The US and most other countries view those areas as international waters that should be open to all vessels.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...straight-for-first-time-in-more-than-a-decade

 

[Bud_Spencer]

I think Xi has some problems domestically that he's trying to distract from.

 

[The_Trouvere]

The Communist Chinese have wanted to conquer Taiwan ever since they took over the mainland. In the past they lacked the military power to do so. In the spring of 1979 the Communist Chinese invaded Vietnam. The Vietnamese chased them out after a few months, killing about 20,000 of them. Since then the Communist Chinese have modernized their military.

History is moving in China's direction, just as it is moving against the United States. I expect China to achieve world hegemony by the end of this century, if not sooner. That is acceptable to me because of my love for the Chinese nation. Nevertheless, I want the mainland to adopt a democratic government first.

Communist China might currently have the power to conquer Taiwan, but the Taiwanese military will fight back. If Communist China wins it will "win" a bombed out ruin of a country. Win or lose, the war will be bad for the economy of mainland China, because it depends on exports. The support of most mainland Chinese for their dictatorship is uncertain. An economic downturn combined with an unprovoked war of aggression against a Chinese population would almost certainly be politically de-stabilizing on the mainland. Comparable situations brought democracy to South Korea and Taiwan.

According to the CIA World Fact book, the per capita gross domestic product in Taiwan in US dollars is $50,500. On the mainland it is $18,200.
https://photius.com/rankings/2020/economy/gdp_per_capita_2020_0.html

I would like for the government of Taiwan to announce that it wants to unite with the mainland, but only on the condition that the mainland adopt a democratic government with regular contested elections, and open political debate. The Communist Party of China would continue to exist, but it would compete with other parties on equal terms. The Communist rulers of China would not like that idea, but I suspect that the majority of the Chinese on the mainland would like it.

 

[Counselor706]

Japan making ‘preparations’ for possible Chinese attack of Taiwan

Japan’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it would consider its “options” and make necessary “preparations” toward supporting Taiwan if China continues to ramp up its military intimidation of the island.

Asked by reporters how Tokyo views Beijing’s record-breaking flyovers through Taiwanese airspace in recent days, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu said he hoped “this matter is resolved peacefully between the two parties through direct talks.”

Tokyo has become increasingly invested in deterring Chinese military encroachments of Taiwan because the island lies a short distance away from Japan’s Senkaku islets, which are illegally claimed by Beijing.

"Because we are close geographically, what could happen in Taiwan could likely be an issue for Japan, and in that case, Japan will have to take the necessary response to that situation,” Kishi told CNN on September 16.

Source

 

[CornusKousa]

I think Xi has some problems domestically that he's trying to distract from.

The genocide or the economic house of cards catching a stiff breeze??

 

[Counselor706]

Taiwan-China situation ‘most grim’ in four decades

Taiwan’s military relations with Beijing have plunged to their lowest point in four decades, the island’s defence minister warned on Wednesday, following a string of record Chinese jet incursions into Taipei’s air defence zone.

“For the military, the current situation is the most grim in over 40 years since I’ve joined the service,” Chiu Kuo-cheng told parliament as some 150 Chinese warplanes have breached Taiwan’s air defence zone since Beijing marked its National Day on Friday.

President Xi Jinping, who has called the seizure of Taiwan “inevitable,” also described the relations between China and Taiwan as “grim” in a letter to Taiwan’s newly-elected main opposition leader last week.

Source

 

[pecksniff]

I would like for the government of Taiwan to announce that it wants to unite with the mainland, but only on the condition that the mainland adopt a democratic government with regular contested elections, and open political debate. The Communist Party of China would continue to exist, but it would compete with other parties on equal terms. The Communist rulers of China would not like that idea, but I suspect that the majority of the Chinese on the mainland would like it.

But would they ever hear of it?

 

[pecksniff]

Source

What use is the Japanese military any more? They can never even seem to handle Godzilla.

 

[The_Trouvere]

But would they ever hear of it?

The Chinese dictatorship has less control over public opinion than it used to.

 

[pecksniff]

The Chinese dictatorship has less control over public opinion than it used to.

What are you basing that on? Is there not still a Great Firewall of China?

 

[MetalRabbit51]

Chinese citizens, and others on the mainland, get lots of information, despite the ill-advised and porous "Great Firewall". VPNs see to that, for instance.

 

[The_Trouvere]

What are you basing that on? Is there not still a Great Firewall of China?

In American newspapers and opinion journals I have read articles by Chinese still living in the mainland of China that were critical of the dictatorship.

 

[pecksniff]

Well, I guess it's just too big a country to seal off like NK.

I always thought that was exactly China's status quo, though -- sealed -- from the 1949 revolution to Nixon's visit.

 

[mayfly13]

Source

Do you ever summarize the content, instead of C&P -ing links to Right-wing sources?

Of course you don't, otherwise they won't pay you your 50 cents.

Fucking paid propaganda poster.