China Taiwan Air Routes

A dispute with China over its opening of new air routes near Taiwan will determine future relations between Taipei and Beijing, Taiwan's government said amid a deepening disagreement that could strand thousands over an important holiday.

Japan's two biggest airlines have bowed to a government request to stop filing flight plans demanded by China on routes through a new Chinese air defence zone, whose creation has ratcheted up tensions over the bitterly disputed region.

A dispute with China over its opening of new air routes near Taiwan will determine future relations between Taipei and Beijing, Taiwan's government said amid a deepening disagreement that could strand thousands over an important holiday.

Japan's two biggest airlines have bowed to a government request to stop filing flight plans demanded by China on routes through a new Chinese air defence zone, whose creation has ratcheted up tensions over the bitterly disputed region.