China stages aerial ‘military parade’ with record sorties near Taiwan
From www.washingtontimes.com
2021-10-03 14:17:20
David R. Sands
Excerpt:
China‘s military staged a massive show of intimidation over the Taiwan Strait over the weekend, dispatching bombers, fighter jets and other aircraft into Taiwan‘s defensive air space in two waves Friday and Saturday, by far the biggest such incursion in recent years.
The sorties, which brought a warning from the Biden administration condemning Beijing’s “coercion,” were hailed by China‘s nationalistic, state-controlled Global Times as the equivalent of staging a “National Day military parade” in the skies above the 100-mile…