Taiwan commissions advanced F-16 fighters amid rising tensions with China
The Straits Times|November 19, 2021
CHIAYI (Taiwan) • President Tsai Ing-wen lauded Taiwan’s military cooperation with the US yesterday as she commissioned the first combat wing of F-16 fighters upgraded with American help to bolster the island’s defences during rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing.
Taiwan commissions advanced F-16 fighters amid rising tensions with China

CHIAYI (Taiwan) President Tsai Ing-wen lauded Taiwan’s military cooperation with the US yesterday as she commissioned the first combat wing of F-16 fighters upgraded with American help to bolster the island’s defences during rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing.

Frequent Chinese and United States military exercises in the region have raised fears of conflict touched off by a crisis over Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade province to be reunified, by force if necessary.

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