{"id":1349,"date":"2025-06-20T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/06\/20\/taiwan-detects-dozens-of-chinese-aircraft-near-island-after-uk-ship-patrol\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:37:24","slug":"taiwan-detects-dozens-of-chinese-aircraft-near-island-after-uk-ship-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/06\/20\/taiwan-detects-dozens-of-chinese-aircraft-near-island-after-uk-ship-patrol\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan detects dozens of Chinese aircraft near island after UK ship patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taipei says an estimated 15 Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Taiwan<\/a>\u2018s defence ministry says that it has detected more than 70 Chinese military aircraft around the island in the last 24 hours, just days after a British naval vessel sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n

The latest sightings reported on Friday come as Beijing continues to ramp up the deployment of fighter jets and naval vessels around Taiwan in recent months to press its claim of sovereignty of the island, which Taipei rejects.<\/p>\n

Along with 50 aircraft, six Chinese naval vessels were detected in the 24 hours to 6am on Friday (22:00 GMT on Thursday), the defence ministry said.<\/p>\n

An additional 24 Chinese aircraft, including fighters and drones, were spotted since 08:50am (00:50 GMT) on Friday, the ministry said in a separate statement.<\/p>\n

Among the second batch of aircraft, 15 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait in conducting air-sea joint training with Chinese naval vessels, the ministry said, adding it \u201cmonitored the situation and responded accordingly\u201d.<\/p>\n

China<\/a> insists that democratic, self-ruled Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan has allied itself with the United States, angering Beijing.<\/p>\n

The latest incursions came after the British Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Spey sailed through the Taiwan Strait on June 18, Taiwan\u2019s foreign ministry said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

China strongly condemned Britain\u2019s latest move as a deliberate attempt to \u201ccause trouble\u201d.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Royal Navy said the patrol vessel conducted a routine navigation through the narrow waterway that was part of a long-planned deployment and took place in full compliance with international law.<\/p>\n

The Eastern Theatre Command of China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army said the Wednesday sailing of the ship was \u201cpublic hyping\u201d and that its forces followed and monitored the Spey.<\/p>\n

The UK, United States and other countries view the 180km (112-mile) Taiwan Strait<\/a> as international waters that should be open to all vessels.<\/p>\n

In February, a Canadian warship also passed through the Strait, days after a US destroyer and a US ocean survey ship made the passage.<\/p>\n

The last time a British Navy ship transited the Taiwan Strait was in 2021, when the HMS Richmond, a frigate deployed with Britain\u2019s aircraft carrier strike group, sailed through from Japan to Vietnam.<\/p>\n

In April, Taiwan detected 76 Chinese aircraft and 15 naval vessels around the island, when Beijing conducted live-fire exercises that included simulated strikes aimed at the island\u2019s key ports and energy sites.<\/p>\n

The highest number of Chinese aircraft recorded was 153 on October 15, 2024, after China staged large-scale military drills in response to a speech by Taiwan\u2019s President William Lai Ching-te on National Day, days earlier.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Source: <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taipei says an estimated 15 Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Friday. Taiwan\u2018s defence ministry says that it has detected more than 70 Chinese military aircraft around the island in the last 24 hours, just days after a British naval vessel sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The latest sightings … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}