Taiwan terms incursion by Chinese warplanes ‘unnecessary’, ‘thoughtless’
After close to 20 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADZ) on Friday, Taiwanese premier Su Tseng-change deemed the incursion as "unnecessary" and "thoughtless."This comes a day after Taipei and Washington signed an accord to strengthen maritime cooperation.Air defence identification zones are early warning systems that help countries detect incursions into their airspace.Friday's show of force was the biggest in terms of the number of planes deployed since Taiwan began to make public PLA aircraft's movements near Taiwan in mid-September.Taiwan's premier and foreign minister discussed the issue on Saturday. Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu condemned the act in a tweet but said the country will not submit under pressure."This dangerous provocation by autocrat