Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called Tuesday for democratic countries to combat China’s regional expansionism, saying the alliance would safeguard “freedom, human rights and democracy.” Chinese jets had buzzed Taiwan almost daily in June and made a brief incursion across the median line of the Taiwan Strait in early August. Tsai said Taiwan was “at the forefront of defending democracy from authoritarian aggression.” Chinese fighter jets also approached Taiwan on Thursday for a second day in a row, with Taiwan’s defence ministry urging China to “stop destroying regional peace and stability.”