CHINA-PLAAF: PLAAF PLANES FLY THROUGH BASHI STRAIT
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Reuters reported quoting Taiwan's Ministry of Defence that People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force aircraft, including H-6 bombers and KJ-500 early warning and control aircraft, passed through the narrow Bashi Channel to the south of Taiwan on a long-range exercise on January 23. These are the first such drills near the island publicised since Taiwan held elections this month. In a short statement, China's Ministry of National Defense said Chinese aircraft including H-6 bombers and KJ-500 early warning and control aircraft flew to the south of Taiwan through the Bashi Channel which separates the island from the Philippines. It added that after carrying out drills above the Pacific Ocean the aircraft returned to China.
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