Air Defence Zone

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  37 Chinese Warplanes Breach Taiwan's Defence Zone

  More than 30 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan's air defence zone over the course of about six hours, the island's defence ministry said Thursday, a sharp ramp-up in single-day incursions by China's military.

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  China's Taiwan Jet Incursions At Second-Highest Level In November

  Chinese warplanes made 159 incursions into Taiwan's air defence zone in November according to AFP's database, the second-highest month on record as Beijing continues to pile military pressure on the democratic island.

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  China Sends 52 Jets, Nuclear-Capable Bombers To Taiwan Air Defence Zone

  Taiwan urged Beijing to stop "irresponsible provocative actions" after 56 Chinese warplanes crossed into its air defence zone on Monday in yet another record incursion.

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  China Steps Up Criticism Of US Over Possible Air Defence Zone

  China stepped up its criticism of the United States on Friday after a senior US official said Washington had told Beijing it would not recognise an air defence zone over the disputed South China Sea if China set one up.

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  South China Sea Tensions Surge As China Lands Plane On Artificial Island

  China's first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing's facilities in the disputed region are being completed on schedule and military flights will inevitably follow, foreign officials and analysts said.

• Defence chiefs of China and US air differences over disputed islands

  In a face-off between the defence chiefs of China and the US, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel told his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday that his country does not have the right to unilaterally establish an air defence zone over disputed islands with no consultation.

• China says Japan's 'hype' on air defence zone spreads tension

  China does not feel threatened by countries in Southeast Asia and is optimistic about the situation in the disputed South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said

• US warns China against new air defence zone

  The United States warned has China against any move to declare a new air defence zone over parts of the South China Sea including disputed islands.

• South Korea declares expanded air defence zone in disputed area

  South Korea declared on Sunday an expanded air defence zone that overlaps with one recently announced by China.

• China ships sail through disputed waters as tensions simmer

  Three Chinese ships entered disputed waters off Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Sunday, the Japanese coastguard said, the first such incident since Beijing announced an air defence zone in the area last month.

• Japan, Philippines alarmed by China's new defence air zone

  Japan's defence minister said today that China's recently declared maritime air defence zone over the East China Sea raises regional tensions.

• Australia repeats China air zone concerns after rebuke

  Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop defied a stern rebuke from Beijing on Saturday to repeat concerns that China's recently announced air defence zone has increased regional tensions.

• US Vice President Joe Biden calls for trust with China amid airspace dispute

  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, visiting China as a dispute over a new Chinese air defence zone rattles nerves around the region.

• Taiwan military jets fly into overlapping zone with China

  Taiwan said on Monday its military planes have made about 30 flights into a part of China's newly declared air defence zone which overlaps a similar Taiwanese zone.

• China sends warplanes into air defence zone

  China said it sent warplanes into its newly declared maritime air defence zone days after the US, South Korea and Japan all sent flights through the airspace.