Lawmakers briefed on China’s air zone
KEEPING TRACK:The Chinese have sent military planes into the zone 55 times since Nov. 23, coming very close to either US or Japanese military aircraft three times
Staff writer, with CNA Tue, Dec 03, 2013
Maps showing the overlapping air defense identification zones of Taiwan, China and Japan are displayed during a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
1Since China announced an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea, there have been 13 sightings of US military aircraft in the zone and 85 instances of Japanese aircraft entering the zone, a senior military official told lawmakers yesterday.
2Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Intelligence Ke Wen-an (柯文安) made the remarks at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee during which officials were asked to give assessments of the situation following the declaration of the ADIZ on Nov. 23.
The zone includes the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), which are claimed by Taiwan, China and Japan — which calls them the Senkaku Islands. China has demanded that foreign aircraft passing through the zone file flight plans in advance and strictly follow instructions from its air-traffic controllers.
3Citing information collected by the military, Ko said China has sent its military aircraft to the area 55 times since it announced the new zone and there were three instances in which the Chinese planes were in close proximity to aircraft from Japan or the US.
4The planes were very close to each other, Ko reiterated, when Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) asked whether China had intercepted any foreign aircraft in the zone.
5Minister of National Defense Yen Ming (嚴明) told the committee that no Chinese military aircraft have entered Taiwan’s ADIZ since Beijing’s Nov. 23 announcement.
6Responding to questions from lawmakers on the committee earlier in the day, Civil Aeronautics Administration Director-General Jean Shen (沈啟) said that aircraft from Taiwan had previously been intercepted by Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force in an area where the two countries’ airspace zones overlap.
7In 2002, Japanese defense craft “monitored” a Taiwanese plane testing a new air route designated B591, which stretches from Taipei to northeastern China through the overlapping zones, according to CAA official Margaret Hong (洪美雲).
8A similar incident occurred in 2009, she said.
9Shen said the area falls between longitude 123? and 124? east.
10Japan asked Taiwan to provide flight plans through the overlap starting in 2009, and Taiwan has complied, she said.
11However, Japanese self-defense planes have intercepted Taiwanese civil aircraft in the region, which “poses a great danger” to Taiwan’s flight control, she said.
12Hsiao said interference from Japanese fighter planes can seriously impact the safety of Taiwan’s civil aircraft on normal flight routes.
13Hong told reporters after the hearing that “interception” is a military term meaning that the Japanese fighter was dispatched to “learn about the situation” and she did not know how close the two planes had come to one another.
Additional reporting by Rich Chang
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第一段
aircraft ˋɛr͵kræft n.飛機
The airline ordered 15new aircraft. (那家航空公司訂購了15架新飛機。)
overlapping adj.重疊的
第三段
instance ˋɪnstəns n.情況、場合
I won't give in in any instance. (在任何情況我都不會妥協。)
第四段
reiterate riˋɪtə͵ret vt.重申、反覆講
reiterate, reiterated, reiterated, reiterating
Let me reiterate that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation. (讓我再一次重申我們絕對沒有增稅的計畫。)
第五段
Minister of National Defense 國防部長
第六段
aeronautics ͵ɛrəˋnɔtɪks n航空學、飛行術U
第七段
designate ˋdɛzɪg͵net vt.指定、標出
Churches are designated on the map by crosses. (地圖上教堂以十字型記號飆出。)
第九段
longitude lɑndʒəˋtjud n.經度
The line of zero degree longitude passes through Greenwich.
(經度零度線穿過格林威治。)
第十段
comply vi.應允、承諾
第十一段
poses a great danger to sth. =對...造成危險
第十二段
civil aircraft 民航機
第十三段
interception ͵ɪntɚˋsɛpʃən n.偵聽、竊聽
dispatch dɪˋspætʃ vt.派遣﹝+to﹞
He dispatched the report to his newspaper. (他將報導發送給他的報紙。)
He dispatched an experienced worker to repair the damage. (他派一個有經驗的工人去修理損壞的地方。)
2Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Intelligence Ke Wen-an (柯文安) made the remarks at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee during which officials were asked to give assessments of the situation following the declaration of the ADIZ on Nov. 23.
The zone includes the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), which are claimed by Taiwan, China and Japan — which calls them the Senkaku Islands. China has demanded that foreign aircraft passing through the zone file flight plans in advance and strictly follow instructions from its air-traffic controllers.
3Citing information collected by the military, Ko said China has sent its military aircraft to the area 55 times since it announced the new zone and there were three instances in which the Chinese planes were in close proximity to aircraft from Japan or the US.
4The planes were very close to each other, Ko reiterated, when Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) asked whether China had intercepted any foreign aircraft in the zone.
5Minister of National Defense Yen Ming (嚴明) told the committee that no Chinese military aircraft have entered Taiwan’s ADIZ since Beijing’s Nov. 23 announcement.
6Responding to questions from lawmakers on the committee earlier in the day, Civil Aeronautics Administration Director-General Jean Shen (沈啟) said that aircraft from Taiwan had previously been intercepted by Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force in an area where the two countries’ airspace zones overlap.
7In 2002, Japanese defense craft “monitored” a Taiwanese plane testing a new air route designated B591, which stretches from Taipei to northeastern China through the overlapping zones, according to CAA official Margaret Hong (洪美雲).
8A similar incident occurred in 2009, she said.
9Shen said the area falls between longitude 123? and 124? east.
10Japan asked Taiwan to provide flight plans through the overlap starting in 2009, and Taiwan has complied, she said.
11However, Japanese self-defense planes have intercepted Taiwanese civil aircraft in the region, which “poses a great danger” to Taiwan’s flight control, she said.
12Hsiao said interference from Japanese fighter planes can seriously impact the safety of Taiwan’s civil aircraft on normal flight routes.
13Hong told reporters after the hearing that “interception” is a military term meaning that the Japanese fighter was dispatched to “learn about the situation” and she did not know how close the two planes had come to one another.
Additional reporting by Rich Chang
==========================================================================
第一段
aircraft ˋɛr͵kræft n.飛機
The airline ordered 15new aircraft. (那家航空公司訂購了15架新飛機。)
overlapping adj.重疊的
第三段
instance ˋɪnstəns n.情況、場合
I won't give in in any instance. (在任何情況我都不會妥協。)
第四段
reiterate riˋɪtə͵ret vt.重申、反覆講
reiterate, reiterated, reiterated, reiterating
Let me reiterate that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation. (讓我再一次重申我們絕對沒有增稅的計畫。)
第五段
Minister of National Defense 國防部長
第六段
aeronautics ͵ɛrəˋnɔtɪks n航空學、飛行術U
第七段
designate ˋdɛzɪg͵net vt.指定、標出
Churches are designated on the map by crosses. (地圖上教堂以十字型記號飆出。)
第九段
longitude lɑndʒəˋtjud n.經度
The line of zero degree longitude passes through Greenwich.
(經度零度線穿過格林威治。)
第十段
comply vi.應允、承諾
第十一段
poses a great danger to sth. =對...造成危險
第十二段
civil aircraft 民航機
第十三段
interception ͵ɪntɚˋsɛpʃən n.偵聽、竊聽
dispatch dɪˋspætʃ vt.派遣﹝+to﹞
He dispatched the report to his newspaper. (他將報導發送給他的報紙。)
He dispatched an experienced worker to repair the damage. (他派一個有經驗的工人去修理損壞的地方。)
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