(ANSA) - BEIJING, AUGUST 05 - A total of 22 Chinese fighters today briefly exceeded the informal midline that divides the Taiwan Strait: the Taipei Defense Ministry reported late in the evening, on the first day of large-scale maneuvers carried out by the People's Liberation Army around the island in response to the visit of the President of the American Chamber Nancy Pelosi.
The Taipei ministry, detecting eight J-11s, twelve Su-30s and two J-16s, stated that it had, according to the protocol, "activated the air defense systems, made the jets take off and sent warning messages".
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