08 June 2016

News Story: Taiwan says won't recognise any Chinese South China Sea ADIZ

Taiwan's new defence minister said Monday his government would not recognise any air defence identification zone (ADIZ) which Beijing may proclaim in the disputed South China Sea.

Hong Kong's South China Morning Post newspaper has cited Chinese army sources as saying Beijing was considering declaring a zone.

Any such move, said US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday, would be "a provocative and destabilising act".

China unilaterally established an ADIZ in the East China Sea in December 2013, demanding all aircraft submit flight plans when traversing the zone which covers islands disputed with Tokyo and also claimed by Taipei.

That move angered the United States, Japan and South Korea as well as Taiwan.

Read the full story at SpaceDaily