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Beijing claims Taiwan as a province of China. Unification is a key goal of the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, who has not ruled out taking Taiwan by force. Beijing regards Taiwan’s democratically elected government as separatists but the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, has said Taiwan is already a sovereign country with no need to declare independence.
Friday marked China’s patriotic holiday, National Day – or signalling Beijing’s grievances with a recent incident. After the US condemned the incursions of 38 planes on Friday and 39 Saturday, China sent 56 planes into the ADIZ on Monday.