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Taipei announced that it was not true that Chinese forces had approached the islands, reports Reuters.
China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, conducted military exercises around the island earlier this month following a visit to Taipei by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

A TransAsia plane crashed into a river near Taiwan's capital Taipei on Wednesday, leaving at least twelve people dead.

The aircraft was conducting a domestic flight from Taipei to the Kinmen islands, when it lost contact with flight controllers shortly after take-off, the BBC reports.

The plane had 58 people on board, the majority of whom were tourists from mainland China.

A TransAsia Airways passenger plane with 54 passengers on board crashed after a failed emergency landing in Taiwan.

More than 40 people are feared dead, with CNN announcing a death toll of 45 on the basis of reports of Taiwan's Central News Agency.

ABC News informs that the plane crash claimed 51 lives and left 7 injured.

A plane making a second landing attempt in stormy weather crashed at an airport on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, killing 51 people and injuring seven, fire officials said.