Taiwan's air force scrambled for a second day in a row on Monday to intercept Chinese jets that approached the island claimed by
Beijing as its own, as tensions between the two took on a potentially dangerous military dimension.
Taiwan's Defence Ministry said Chinese jets, accompanying H-6 bombers, briefly crossed an unofficial mid-line in the Taiwan Strait that separates the two, prompting its air force to rush to intercept and give verbal warnings to leave.
The H-6s were on a training mission in the Pacific having passed through the Bashi Channel that separates Taiwan from the Philippines, the ministry added and shared a picture of a Taiwan F-16 accompanying one of the H-6 bombers.