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Taiwan scrambles fighter jets after PLA spy plane enters air defence zone
Taiwan said it scrambled fighter jets on Thursday evening to ward off a Chinese warplane that had entered its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) near a group of islets administered by Taipei.The PLA Air Force Y-8 surveillance aircraft entered the southwest sector of the zone close to the Pratas Islands – known as the Dongsha Islands in mainland China – the defence ministry said.The fighters were scrambled and warnings were broadcast telling the PLA warplane to leave the area, it said in a…