Taiwan detects 22 Chinese aircraft around island in under 3 hours

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Taiwan detects 22 Chinese aircraft around island in under 3 hours

Taiwan’s defence ministry said Saturday it had detected 22 Chinese warplanes and drones around the self-ruled island in a window of less than three hours. Photo: Vincent Chien via Flickr. The sorties come less than a month before the May 20 inauguration of new Taiwan president Lai Ching-te, who China regards as a dangerous separatist. “We detected activities from 22 PLA aircraft… since 9:30 am (0130 GMT),” it said in a statement released at 12:…