China announced Tuesday, November 26, that it had deployed air and naval forces to monitor an American military plane that was flying over the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Earlier in the morning, a Boeing “ US Navy P-8A Poseidon crossed Taiwan Strait international airspacen,” declared the Seventh Fleet UNITED STATES in a press release.
« The passage of the plane through the Strait of Taiwan demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region “, she added. There Chine said he monitored the anti-submarine patrol plane, but condemned a flight ” openly highlighted ».
« US remarks distort legal principles, confuse the public and mislead international perception said the senior colonel and spokesperson for the Chinese Air Force's Eastern Theater of Operations. Beijing has “ organized naval and air forces to monitor and protect the trajectory of the American aircraft and responded effectively », added this officer of the People's Liberation Army.
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