TAIPEI—Eleven Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Friday morning, an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan’s defense ministry said, as China ramps up military pressure on the democratic island.
Taiwan, which the Chinese communist regime claims as its own territory despite the island’s objections, has complained in recent years of almost daily missions by the Chinese air force, often in the southwestern part of its air defense identification zone.
A total of 24 Chinese war planes including fighter jets and bombers were spotted near Taiwan on Friday morning from around 8 a.m., the defense ministry said, adding five Chinese battleships also joined a “joint war readiness patrol.”…