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A total of 52 People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft fly into Taiwan's southwestern air defense identification zone, the Ministry of National Defense says on Twitter. This amounts to 145 Chinese aircraft which have flown into Taiwan's air defense area this month
2021-10-4

The Taiwanese Defense Ministry reports that 28 Chinese air force planes, including four H-6 bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone and flew close to the southern tip of the main island and around the Pratas Islands. This is China's largest incursion since Taiwan began monitoring such activities last year.
2021-06-15

For the second consecutive day, Taiwan reports an incursion of its air defense identification zone by China's People's Liberation Army Air Force. The incursion involved 12 fighter jets, two anti-submarine aircraft and a reconnaissance plane. Taiwan deployed air defence missile systems in response, according to a statement from the Ministry of National Defense.
2021-01-24

Panamanian-flagged cargo ship "Gulf Livestock 1" with 43 crew members and thousands of cattle onboard is reported missing in the East China Sea. The Japan Coast Guard says it has found one person drifting in rough waters in a lifejacket. A distress signal was sent from the ship shortly before disappearing.
2020-09-3

The U.S. cruiser USS "Chancellorsville" and the Russian destroyer "Admiral Vinogradov" almost collide in the western Pacific Ocean. Each side blames the other, and their reports disagree as to the location of the incident: Russia claims it happened in the East China Sea, while the U.S. says it was in the nearby Philippine Sea.
2019-06-7

For the first time the United States seizes a North Korean merchant ship loaded with coal in the East China Sea sailing toward Indonesia. The ship is suspected of violating sanctions.
2019-05-9

The People's Republic of China and Russia announce plans to hold joint naval exercises in the East China Sea in late May amid regional tensions about islands and airspace.
2014-05-1

China delimits an "air-defence identification zone" over an area of the East China Sea, covering Diaoyu-Senkaku Islands, also claimed by Japan.
2013-11-23

South Korea announces plans to submit a claim to the United Nations to a larger portion of the East China Sea in a move which is likely to be disputed by the People's Republic of China and Japan.
2011-07-3

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku calls for the People's Republic of China to compensate for Japanese patrol boats damaged in a confrontation with a Chinese fishing boat in the East China Sea.
2010-09-27