That spell was broken on Thursday with five People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft operating around the Taiwan Strait over the previous 24 hours, according to Taiwan’s military, with several flying near the median line that divides the waterway. Analysts say it was the longest pause in Chinese air activity since Taiwan began publicly releasing daily military data.
fredag 13. mars 2026
For nearly two weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan. No one seems to know why.
Taiwan’s military has grown used to the daily task of tracking Chinese warplanes flying near the island. Some days there are a handful. On others, many more. But they are a near-constant presence. So when the aircraft suddenly stopped coming for nearly two weeks, the silence was both striking and deeply puzzling.
That spell was broken on Thursday with five People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft operating around the Taiwan Strait over the previous 24 hours, according to Taiwan’s military, with several flying near the median line that divides the waterway. Analysts say it was the longest pause in Chinese air activity since Taiwan began publicly releasing daily military data.
That spell was broken on Thursday with five People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft operating around the Taiwan Strait over the previous 24 hours, according to Taiwan’s military, with several flying near the median line that divides the waterway. Analysts say it was the longest pause in Chinese air activity since Taiwan began publicly releasing daily military data.
