China incursion in Taiwan

 

Taiwan reports ‘largest’ incursion by Chinese forces

✔️Why in the news-

Recently, as many as 28 Chinese air force aircraft, including fighters and nuclear-capable bombers, entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) which is the largest reported incursion till date.

✔️Repeated missions by China’s air force

◆Taiwan has complained over the last few months of repeated missions by China’s air force near the Selfruled Island, concentrated in the southwestern part of its air defence zone near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.

◆The latest Chinese mission involved 14 J-16 and six J-11 fighters, as well as four H-6 bombers, which can carry nuclear weapons, and anti-submarine, electronic warfare and early warning aircraft.

▪️Related Information

One-China Policy

●The One-China policy refers to the policy or view that there is only one state called "China", despite the existence of two governments that claim to be "China".

●As a policy, this means that countries seeking diplomatic relations with People's Republic of China (PRC, Mainland China) must break official relations with the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan) and vice versa.

●It is the diplomatic acknowledgement of China's position that there is only one Chinese government.

●Under the policy, China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province to be reunified with the mainland.