China Boasting That Their War Planes Have Set A 'New Record' For Taiwan Intrusions

An image taken by a Taiwan Air Force interceptor jet shows a People’s Liberation Army Shaanxi Y-8 RECCE in Taiwan’s southwest air defensive identification zone on November 30, 2020. TAIWAN MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 

Newsweek: China Media Boasts PLA Warplanes Set 'New Record' for Taiwan Intrusions As War Looms  

China's state-run media boasted Monday about the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force setting a "new record" for most airspace intrusions ever, with Beijing sending warplanes for the most days in any month on record. 

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense revealed that two PLA military aircraft made forays into the island's southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on November 30, marking the 26th day last month that similar sorties had occurred. 

It was the one day more than the 25 observed in October and represented now "routine" missions to safeguard Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity, Communist Party newspaper Global Times said in its report. 

Like clockwork, the defense ministry revealed that a PLA aircraft had entered Taiwan's airspace Tuesday morning. The ministry dispatched interceptors to head it off. 

The self-ruled island has been publishing public records of PLA warplane sightings on its website since November. China claims ownership of Taiwan and describes it as a breakaway province destined to be reunified with the mainland—if necessary by force. It aggressively warns against any form of communication or exchange between Taipei and foreign governments. 

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WNU Editor: Unfortunately for Taiwan, this is unfortunately the 'new normal'.