Taiwan reported a burst of Chinese military flights into the skies near its main island on Sunday, as Beijing resumed a practice of what Taipei describes as harassment that had recently—and mysteriously—gone quiet. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said it detected 26 Chinese aircraft flying near what it considers Taiwanese territory over the past 24 hours. Of those, 16 Chinese aircraft crossed the midpoint of the 100-mile strait that separates Taiwan’s main island from the Asian mainland, or entered the island’s air-defense identification zone. In addition, seven Chinese naval vessels sailed into the waters around Taiwan, the defense ministry said. The renewed sorties shattered a rare and unexplained lull that lasted 10 days, fueling speculation and uncertainty about Beijing’s intentions.

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