Taiwan should not “interfere” in Chinese air force missions around the island which are taking place in China’s airspace, the defence ​ministry in Beijing said on Thursday, responding to a week ‌of manoeuvres that Taipei has complained about. On Monday of this week and ​Tuesday last week, Taiwan said China had carried out “joint combat ⁠readiness patrols” and published pictures of Chinese warships, as well as ​of Chinese fighters taken by Taiwanese jets. “Taiwan is a part of China,” ​Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson Jiang Bin said in Beijing when asked to comment on the patrols. “Our aircraft conduct military activities within Chinese airspace.” “The ‘Taiwan independence’ armed forces had better ​refrain from interference and provocation,” he added. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory – over the objections of Taipei’s government – and its warplanes and warships operate ​around the island almost daily.

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