Over 40 Chinese aircraft detected around Taiwan

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TAIPEI – Taiwan said on Wednesday it had detected 45 Chinese military aircraft around the island, the highest single-day number so far this year and coming less than a week before Taipei swears in its new leader, whom China regards as a "dangerous separatist." China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it would never renounce the use of force to bring it under Beijing's control. It has warned that Lai Ching-te, the current deputy leader who will be sworn into Taiwan's top post on May 20, would bring "war and decline" to the island, and...