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Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said that 40 of the planes crossed the symbolic halfway point between mainland China and the island.

The ministry called the Chinese military action “harassment” that it warned could escalate in the current tense atmosphere.

“We urge the Beijing authorities to bear responsibility and immediately stop such kind of destructive military activities,” it said in a statement.’’

China last week sent a flotilla of ships including the aircraft carrier Shandong into waters near Taiwan.

The drills came shortly after the U.S. and Canada sailed warships through the Taiwan Strait, the waters that separate the island from the mainland.

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which leans toward formal independence for the island, is anathema to the Chinese government.

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