China, US show force amid Taiwan tensions

Updated January 24 2021 - 11:34pm, first published 11:30pm
US aircraft carrier the USS Theodore Roosevelt is on exercise in the South China Sea.
US aircraft carrier the USS Theodore Roosevelt is on exercise in the South China Sea.

Chinese air force planes including 12 fighter jets have entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone for a second day, Taiwan says, as tensions rise near the island just days into US President Joe Biden's new administration.

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