China sent military planes to track a U.S. anti-submarine Navy aircraft as it transited the Taiwan Strait, Beijing says, as tension mounts between the superpowers.
China deployed naval and air forces to track and follow a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane as it transited Tuesday over the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese military said, amid simmering over the fate of the . tension between the two superpowersself-ruled island of Taiwan
Colonel Cao Jun, a spokesperson for the Chinese army’s Eastern Theater Command Air Force, condemned the U.S. for carrying out the flight and said it had threatened peace and stability in the region.
The 7th Fleet of the U.S. Navy said Tuesday that a P-8A Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance plane had transited the international airspace over the Taiwan Strait « in accordance with international law », adding that the plane’s presence showed, « the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. »
« The United States military flies, sails and operates anywhere international law allows », said the statement posted to the U.
