Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen attends a memorial service for the late former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui in Taipei, Taiwan on Saturday. Taiwan's Defence Ministry said 19 aircraft were involved, one more than in the previous day, with some crossing the Taiwan Strait midline and others flying into Taiwan's air defence identification zone off its southwest coast. It said Beijing sent 12 J-16 fighters, two J-10 fighters, two J-11 fighters, two H-6 bombers and one Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft. According to a map the ministry provided, none got close to the island of Taiwan itself or flew over it. Beijing had on Friday announced combat drills near the Taiwan Strait and denounced what it called collusion between the island and the United States.

Source: The Standard September 19, 2020 06:00 UTC