Taiwan's military tracked 46 Chinese warplanes close to the country's airspace over the weekend, the largest number since September. On Monday, Taiwan's Air Force began large-scale exercises of its own, practising coordination with ground forces. And less than two weeks since Taipei's National Palace Museum admitted to having broken three items from its collection of priceless Chinese art treasures, a lawmaker came forward to claim damage was done to a fourth artifact in 2012. Also today:
- Chinese panda experts fly home, will continue to look for treatments for Taipei Zoo's Tuan Tuan
- U.S. and Taiwan sign three MOUs on international development
- Indigenous groups to get greater freedom to hunt under new pilot scheme