On August 10, Taiwan’s government said that Chinese air force jets briefly crossed the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trump’s support.

On Sunday, August 9, Azar arrived in Taiwan, the highest-level U.S. official to visit in four decades.

This visit comes after a period of sharply deteriorating relations between China and the United States. China, which claims the island as its own, condemned the visit.

A senior Taiwan official familiar with the government’s security planning told Reuters that China was obviously “targeting” Azar’s visit with a “very risky” move given the Chinese jets were in range of Taiwan’s missiles.

The incursion was only the third time since 2016 that Taiwan has said Chinese jets had crossed the strait’s median line.

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