Commercial Flights Steer Away From Chinese Military Drills Around Taiwan

Projectiles
Smoke trails from projectiles launched by the Chinese military on Aug. 4 observed from China's Pingtan island.
Credit: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
SINGAPORE—Military war games conducted by China around Taiwan have prompted numerous flight route adjustments as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fired live missiles toward the island’s waters. On the afternoon of Aug. 4, China’s PLA fired multiple ballistic missiles across the Taiwan Strait...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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