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Puzzling pause

Chinese military aircraft stopped flying near Taiwan for nearly two weeks. Experts are baffled.

For nearly two weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan. No one seems to know why.

When Chinese warplanes suddenly stopped flying near Taiwan for nearly two weeks, the silence was both striking and deeply puzzling.

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