TAIPEI — China flew an unusually large number of warplanes into Taiwanese airspace over the weekend in what can only be interpreted as an early test of U.S. President Joe Biden.<br /><br />China sent 15 military aircraft, including 12 fighter jets, into Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Sunday, Jan. 24, the country's defence ministry said. <br /><br />The incursions came a day after China sent eight nuclear-capable bombers and four fighter jets into the same airspace.<br /><br />Citing the defense ministry, Taiwan's Central News Agency reports that the aircraft flew between the southern part of Taiwan and the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea but did not cross the median line.<br /><br />The incursions came a day after a U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt entered the South China Sea to promote "freedom of the seas," Reuters reports, citing a statement released Sunday by the U.S. military.
