Taiwan reports 1st Chinese 'combat patrol' of New Year

China launches 22-aircraft "combat patrol" into Taiwan
Taipei has reported the first Chinese incursion into Taiwan's airspace for 2025. The "combat patrol" follows a year of increasing tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan reports first Chinese 'combat patrol' of the New Year
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Thursday that Chinese warplanes and warships had carried out the first "combat patrol" around the island of the New Year, after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te again expressed willingness to talk to Beijing.
Xi says China’s annexation of Taiwan can’t be stopped
Chinese President Xi Jinping in a New Year's address declared Taiwan and China to be one people and said no nation can stop China from annexing the island nation.
Xi Jinping says no one can stop China’s reunification with Taiwan as they are one family
President Xi Jinping reiterated in his New Year’s speech that no one can stop China's reunification with Taiwan. Beijing has beefed up its military presence near Taiwan, sending warships and planes almost everyday into the waters and airspace around the self-governed island of 23 million people.
China To Invade Taiwan? Xi Jinping's Huge Announcement In New Year Message | Watch
Chinese president Xi Jinping said in New Year message that Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family. He says no one can sever our blood ties, and no one can stop the historical trend of the reunification of the motherland.
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New Years address, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Taiwan and China are "one family," and that "no one can prevent" the unification of the motherland.The comments are similar to remarks made last year,

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