Taipei’s defence ministry detects 45 Chinese aircraft around Taiwan

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Beijing regards incoming president Lai Ching-te as a ‘dangerous separatist’, and tensions between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have been high since he won the January poll read more Forty-five Chinese aircraft were detected around Taiwan, Taipei’s defence ministry said Wednesday, less than a week before the self-ruled island holds a May 20 inauguration for its new president. This is the highest number of Chinese aircraft detected around Taiwan – which Beijing claims as part of China – in a single 24-hour period this year. Beijing regards incoming president Lai Ching-te as a “dangerous separatist”, and tensions between...