CHINA-TAIWAN: CHINESE 'CIVIL' AIRCRAFT APPROACHED TAIWAN'S DONGYIN ISLAND
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The Global Times (February 16) reported that Taiwan's defense authorities had confirmed on
February 15 that a Chinese mainland civilian aircraft recently approached Dongyin Island and
that the "Taiwan side speculated that the Chinese mainland was testing Taiwan's response measures". The aircraft that was spotted near Dongyin on February 5 was a Chinese mainland
civilian Y-12 light twin-engine aircraft. It said that Chinese mainland experts, however, said
on February 16 that the incident only exposed the Taiwan military's weak air defense capability,
and warned that such a flight could become routine or even expand to include larger areas if
Taiwan secessionists continue to provoke
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