Chinese fighter jets approached Taiwan on Thursday for a second day in a row, the island's defence ministry said, urging China to stop "destroying regional peace" in a further ratcheting up of tension across the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has held numerous military exercises up and down its coast and near the island in recent weeks.
The defence ministry said Su-30 fighters and Y-8 transport aircraft were among the Chinese aircraft that entered Taiwan's air identification zone to its southwest on Thursday morning.
"The defence ministry once again urged the Chinese Communist Party must not to repeatedly destroy regional peace and stability," it said, adding that the manoeuvres had triggered antipathy among the people of Taiwan.
This could be an apparent retaliation and intimidation schemes by China after Taiwan recently inaugurated diplomatic office in Taipei for the unrecognised breakaway region of Somalia.
China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has held numerous military exercises up and down its coast and near the island in recent weeks.
The defence ministry said Su-30 fighters and Y-8 transport aircraft were among the Chinese aircraft that entered Taiwan's air identification zone to its southwest on Thursday morning.
"The defence ministry once again urged the Chinese Communist Party must not to repeatedly destroy regional peace and stability," it said, adding that the manoeuvres had triggered antipathy among the people of Taiwan.
This could be an apparent retaliation and intimidation schemes by China after Taiwan recently inaugurated diplomatic office in Taipei for the unrecognised breakaway region of Somalia.