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Operation Bashi Channel: the next flashpoint in the China-US military rivalry | South China Morning Post

By Thomas A. Smith
For a 13th day in a row, the US sent military aircraft for reconnaissance
in the Bashi Channel just south of Taiwan before heading to the South China Sea

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The People s Liberation Army has also been busy in the area

Last month, dozens of PLA warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers approached the southwest side of Taiwan s air defence identification zone and flew into the Bashi Channel towards the
South China Sea.

It was yet another rattling of sabres by both sides in the busy waterway that skirts the island, turning the area into a flashpoint in a growing strategic rivalry.

via www.scmp.com