(2 Apr 2019) China on Tuesday denounced Taiwan's leader for making "gibberish and wild remarks", after Chinese military aircraft crossed the centre line in the Taiwan Strait on Monday.
Taiwan's defence ministry said a pair of Chinese J-11 jet fighters crossed the line at around 11 a.m. Sunday and entered the island's southwestern airspace.
It said Taiwan scrambled jets to warn off the Chinese planes, which came within about 185 kilometres (115 miles) of Taiwan.
"Yesterday, Chinese military aircraft provoked us by violating the tacit agreement by crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait. They backed to the west side of the median line after warnings by our Air Force", Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said in remarks at a military awards ceremony.
China's foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at Tuesday's regular news conference that Tsai Ing-wen's remarks are "really irritating".
Geng also said China welcomes the positive signals from South Korea and the US on resuming talks between the US and North Korea on the nuclear issue.
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