Monday, March 23, 2026

Oil prices, fear of Trump? China mysteriously reduced warplane activity near Taiwan

Good news! A welcome break for Taiwan!

"Could it be high fuel prices, or a desire to avoid upsetting U.S. President Donald Trump? What about China’s annual political confab in early March? Analysts have offered different explanations for a recent trend: a net reduction in daily Chinese fighter plane activity near Taiwan over the past three weeks. ...

Since the start of March, the Taiwanese defense ministry logged as few as two PLA aircraft sorties on three days since March 7, down from usually a dozen or more per day before March. ..."

Oil prices, fear of Trump? China mysteriously reduced warplane activity near Taiwan

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