{"id":66790,"date":"2022-12-27T18:46:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T18:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/27\/china-sends-71-planes-7-ships-toward-taiwan-in-24-hours\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:09:52","slug":"china-sends-71-planes-7-ships-toward-taiwan-in-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/12\/27\/china-sends-71-planes-7-ships-toward-taiwan-in-24-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"China sends 71 planes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAIPEI, Taiwan \u2014 China\u2019s military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the self-ruled island, Taiwan\u2019s Defense Ministry said Monday, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/12\/23\/biden-oks-defense-bill-despite-military-covid-vaccine-repeal\/\" target=\"_blank\">in a U.S. annual defense spending bill.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/china\/2022\/11\/13\/taiwan-says-chinese-fighter-jets-fly-near-island\/\" target=\"_blank\">military harassment of Taiwan<\/a>, which it claims is its own territory, has intensified in recent years, and the Communist Party\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/china\/2022\/08\/10\/china-appears-to-wind-down-military-drills-near-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">sent planes or ships toward the island<\/a> on a near-daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2022\/12\/21\/congress-forgoes-2-billion-taiwan-security-grants-in-favor-of-loans\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1242552571.jpg_fb13fa.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Congress forgoes $2 billion Taiwan security grants in favor of loans<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Taiwan loses out on a behind-the-scenes Capitol Hill clash that ended with the omnibus using loans instead of grants to fund U.S. military aid.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 6 a.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday, 47 of the Chinese planes crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides, according to Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of National Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the planes China sent towards Taiwan were 18 J-16 fighter jets, 11 J-1 fighters, 6 Su-30 fighters and drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwan said it monitored the Chinese moves through its land-based missile systems, as well as on its own navy vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a firm response to the current U.S.-Taiwan escalation and provocation,\u201d said Shi Yi, the spokesman for the PLA\u2019s Eastern Theater Command, in a statement on Sunday night. It announced that the PLA was holding joint combat patrols and joint strike drills in the waters around Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shi was referring to the U.S. defense spending bill, which calls China a strategic challenge. With regard to the Indo-Pacific region, the legislation authorizes increased security cooperation with Taiwan and requires expanded cooperation with India on emerging defense technologies, readiness and logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Washington, an official of the White House National Security Council said China\u2019s military activity near Taiwan was \u201cdestabilizing, risks miscalculations, and undermines regional peace and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official, who was not authorized to be identified and commented on condition of anonymity, said: \u201cThe United States has an abiding interest in peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. 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