China's Air Force Conducts Largest Number of Incursions into Taiwan's Air Defense Zone this Year

This is the largest number of incursions in a single day this year, and comes amid increased tensions between China and Taiwan.

China claims Taiwan as its territory and has intensified aerial incursions into the island's air defense identification zone, with the number of sorties nearly doubling in 2022 compared to the previous year.

Taiwan's military is monitoring the situation closely and has dispatched patrol planes, naval vessels, and land-based missile systems in response.

The incursions come a day after the United States, the Philippines, and Japan completed joint coast guard drills in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost entirely.

A surge in warplanes and naval exercises by China's military around Taiwan usually coincides with Taipei making diplomatic engagements with other countries.