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TAIPEI, June 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan activated its defence systems on Thursday after reporting 37 Chinese military aircraft flying into the island's air defence zone, some of which then flew into the western Pacific, in Beijing's latest mass air incursion. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past three years regularly flown its air force into the skies near the island, though not into Taiwan's territorial air space. Taiwan's defence ministry said that from 5 a.m. (2100 GMT on Wednesday) it had detected 37 Chinese air force planes, including J-11 and J-16 fighters as well as nuclear-capable H-6 bombers, flying into the southwestern corner of its air defence identification zone, or ADIZ. The ADIZ is a broader area Taiwan monitors and patrols to give its forces more time to respond to threats. Some of the Chinese aircraft flew to Taiwan's southeast and crossed into the western Pacific to perform "air surveillance and long distance navigation training", the ministry said in a statement. Taiwan sent its aircraft and ships to keep watch and activated land-based missile systems, it added, using its standard wording for how it responds to such Chinese activity. China's defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. China Japan's defence ministry said it scrambled a jet fighter on Thursday morning in response to a Chinese information-gathering aircraft Y-9 flying over the Pacific Ocean and east of Taiwan. Japan a...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used a speech at Asia’s biggest security conference to warn that a conflict over Taiwan would “affect the global economy in ways that we cannot imagine” and he reiterated calls for greater communication between the American and Chinese militaries. “Make no mistake: conflict in the Taiwan Strait would be devastating,” Austin said at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday. “The whole world has a stake in maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, the whole world. The security of commercial shipping lanes and global supply chains depends on it.”

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China defended its actions Monday, saying it always respects international law. Beijing has long asserted that the strait is part of its "exclusive economic zone," not international waters. The incident is the latest in a The U.S. said the video showed the Chinese ship overtaking the USS Chung-Hoon and forcing it to slow its course to avoid a collision, a violation of the maritime "rules of the road." The U.S. has said the Chinese ship came within 150 yards of the USS Chung-Hoon while it was conducting routine duties in the strait — which separates China and Taiwan — alongside a Canadian frigate, the HMCS Montreal, on Saturday. Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Monday that China's actions were lawful and that the U.S. "needs to reflect on the mistakes they made." In response to a question from NBC News, Wang said at a daily briefing: “I want to stress that China always respects the right of navigation and overflight all countries are entitled to under international law. We have adopted responses that are justified, lawful, safe and professional.” China’s defense minister, Gen. Li Shangfu, defended his fleet's actions at U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin A rising number of incidents have added to tension between the world's two largest economies. The naval encounter follows a U.S. accusation that a Chinese fighter jet conducted an "unnecessarily aggressive maneuver" by The string of incidents has prompted Washington to warn that a lack of high-le...