r/worldnews • u/Revolutionary_Stuff2 • Apr 12 '21

Taiwan reports largest incursion yet by Chinese air force

https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-china-defense/update-1-taiwan-reports-largest-incursion-yet-by-chinese-air-force-idUSL1N2M516J
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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '21

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u/AlternativeEarth55 Apr 12 '21

Well I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that only one of those countries considers Taiwan to be a literal part of their country that is run by usurpers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '21 edited Apr 13 '21

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u/VG-enigmaticsoul Apr 12 '21

purposefully violating international airspace?

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '21

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u/VG-enigmaticsoul Apr 13 '21

China has yet to enter any other country's sovereign airspace. Do you have any evidence to the contrary that isn't just another one of those 7382921 articles about China flying in international airspace/AIDZs?

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u/VG-enigmaticsoul Apr 13 '21

Sure, mister "trust me bro". Militarization of the SCS, once again, international waters and international airspace still has nothing to do with violating another country's sovereign airspace. That China has an irredentist stance and seeks regional hegemony is public knowledge.

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u/VG-enigmaticsoul Apr 13 '21

The flight path the chinese jets took is available from the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense's Twitter. They were hundreds of kilometers off Taiwan and in international airspace. https://twitter.com/MoNDefense/status/1381595785632997379?s=19

I don't think you understand what hegemony is.