Since Friday, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force has sent nearly 150 aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. Access to such a zone requires aircrews to request entry and to identify themselves and their course.

Insisting that Taiwan is a breakaway province with no sovereign rights, China has ignored these requirements. But what’s really going on?

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