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TAIPEI: A record 38 Chinese military jets crossed into Taiwan's defence zone as Beijing marked the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taipei said on Saturday.

To rally democrats to support his economic agenda. and taiwan says it has now witnessed the largest air incursion by chinas air force yet. so what kind of message is beijing trying to send? well have the latest coming up from taipei.

Cyberattacks. cnns will ripley is live in taipei with more details on the growing tensions. >> reporter: john, the experts im speaking with here in taiwan paint a chilling picture. they say you can wake up one morning, your phone doesnt work. your lights and your water are cut off. no way to get money from the atm. and no gas at the gas stations. they say that is a very realistic scenario if there was a multi-prong cyberattack, 20 million cyberattacks right here in taiwan every single month. maj...

Warning that a global cyber war could be on the horizon as massive cyber attacks bloom around the world. will ripley has more on the tensions in the region and the global impact. >> reporter: prepare for war. the menacing message of mainland chinese propaganda, aimed at the islands of taiwan. military intimidation in realtime. 28chinese war planes. taiwan calls it the largest air incursion ever recorded. china is engaging in psychological warfare. >> they want to shape taiwanese peoples cognitio...

China are really locked in a series of escalations. you have the guided missile destroyer, the u.s.s. curtis wilbur crossing the taiwan straight just yesterday. this comes days after chinas largest-ever air incursion. so if president biden want to work with president xi on issues like north korea, they have a lot of other things that are higher up on their list as well. and you have north korea more isolated than perhaps its been in decades, because most foreign diplomats and aideworkers have be...

Result of the shutdown mat comprimised safety? that will come up. >> not from a security standpoint. it was made very clear from the senate sergeant at arms, the house sergeant at arms and capitol police, that essential. there will -- there were some clerical staff -- there was memo on this in preparation for the shutdown which indicated if youre involved in security, youre essential. there was no diminishment in terms of securing the capitol. there are fewer people. no tours, noticeably vacant....

Or at least not even now sending out any alert? >> thats the scary thing. usually when we do have suspicious packages or something like that and they close off an area they are usually good about spending out alerts and telling people to stay away from this you are aia this area has been shut down. i do wonder in defense maybe there was something sent out. i notice my e-mail has been slower here. sometimes when you get that much traffic going on i remember we had an air incursion by a plane that...

Breaks down the threats geographically. out west there are known terrorist organizations in the blaine sector and there are threat of air incursion in the spokane section. detroit sector on recreational vehicles and out east, has terrorists and criminal organizations. the report was ordered by senators in both sides of the aisle who have all said they are concerned about its conclusions. president obama and canadian prime minister steven harper responded yesterday saying they will work together ...