{"id":1020274,"date":"2021-11-16T15:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T20:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1020274"},"modified":"2021-11-16T15:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T20:58:38","slug":"china-violates-taiwans-airspace-amid-xi-biden-video-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-violates-taiwans-airspace-amid-xi-biden-video-call\/","title":{"rendered":"China Violates Taiwan\u2019s Airspace amid Xi-Biden Video Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-violates-taiwans-airspace-amid-xi-biden-video-call%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1020274&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>On Monday evening, even as Chinese dictator Xi Jinping was holding a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/16\/worlds-worst-human-rights-criminal-xi-jinping-threatens-to-burn-biden-over-taiwan\/\"><span>virtual summit<\/span><\/a><span> with President Joe Biden, Chinese warplanes once again entered Taiwan\u2019s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). It was the 14th such intrusion since the beginning of November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Monday\u2019s event was much smaller than the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/10\/04\/taiwan-china-military-aggression-airspace\/\"><span>enormous<\/span><\/a><span> Chinese military flights that raised tensions in the region last month. According to Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of National Defense (MND), this time it was two of China\u2019s Shenyang J-11 fighters, two Chengdu J-10 fighters, one Shaanxi Y-8 electronic intelligence turboprop, and one Shaanxi Y-8 configured for electronic warfare.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_10335471\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/J-11B-fighter-aircraft-China-jet-pla-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10335471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/J-11B-fighter-aircraft-China-jet-pla-getty.jpg\" alt=\"This picture taken on Septernber 12, 2015 shows the J-11B fighter aircraft from the People&#039;s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force performing at the Dafangshen airport in Changchun, China&#039;s Jilin province during the bi-annual Changchun airshow. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>J-11B fighter aircraft from the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force. (Photo credit should read STR\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The six Chinese warplanes entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan\u2019s ADIZ and were met by Taiwanese aircraft and radio warnings. The MND said its air-defense missile systems were also activated and tasked with tracking the Chinese planes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The southwestern part of Taiwan\u2019s ADIZ is a popular spot for Chinese mischief because it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2021\/07\/chinas-air-incursions-into-taiwans-adiz-focus-on-anti-access-and-maritime-deterrence\/\"><span>includes<\/span><\/a><span> several strategic locations that would become important for holding allied forces at bay during a Chinese invasion. Submarines would play an important role in controlling the area, and China\u2019s incursions over the past year have frequently included anti-submarine aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><i><span>Taiwan News<\/span><\/i> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taiwannews.com.tw\/en\/news\/4346483\">noted<\/a> there has been a Chinese incursion into the ADIZ every day in November except November 3 \u2013 a significant increase in tempo for China\u2019s \u201cgrey zone\u201d tactics, which boil down to constantly pestering the Taiwanese with obnoxious behavior and wearing out the much smaller Taiwanese air force by obliging them to respond.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18775706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235627027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18775706 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235627027-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"TAIPEI, TAIWAN - OCTOBER 01: Demonstrators spray paint over an upside down portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping during an anti-China protest on October 1, 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan. China&#039;s National Day is celebrated over a one-week period, beginning from October 1 and running until October 7. The event is usually met with protests in Taiwan and takes on a special significance this year as tensions rise in the region. (Photo by Lam Yik Fei\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Demonstrators spray paint over an upside down portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping during an anti-China protest on October 1, 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Lam Yik Fei\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) also began <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3156148\/chinese-bombers-night-drills-amid-taiwan-south-china-sea\"><span>night bombing drills<\/span><\/a><span> off the island of Hainan in the South China Sea, sending dozens of J-6 heavy bombers to practice combat runs against ships and ground forces. J-6 bombers would be sent into battle carrying the \u201cship-killer\u201d missiles China <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/08\/report-china-builds-mockups-of-u-s-navy-ships-for-missile-target-practice\/\"><span>developed<\/span><\/a><span> to counter America\u2019s dominant aircraft carriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The PLA\u2019s Southern Theater Command said on Sunday the drills are laying \u201ca solid foundation for fighting night battles.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/politics\/202111160013\"><span>declined to comment<\/span><\/a><span> on a local media report that Taiwan will hold high-level defense meetings with the United States on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The local report in question, published by a Chinese-language news outlet in Taiwan called <\/span><i><span>Liberty Times, <\/span><\/i><span>claimed two annual bilateral defense meetings would be combined into a single event. The participants would include U.S. and Taiwanese assistant secretaries and deputy defense ministers. Among other topics, they would discuss potential future arms sales to Taiwan. This would make the summit \u201chigh-level\u201d but not&nbsp;<em>top&nbsp;<\/em>level, and its timing so soon after the Xi-Biden call would probably annoy, but not infuriate, Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MOFA would say only that Taiwan values its \u201cclose relations and open bilateral communication\u201d with the United States, and the two governments \u201cregularly hold discussions in issues of common interest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday evening, even as Chinese dictator Xi Jinping was holding a virtual summit with President Joe Biden, Chinese warplanes once again entered Taiwan\u2019s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). 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