China Says The US Is 'Endangering Peace And Stability' By Flying Aircraft Through The Taiwan Strait

Reuters: China says U.S. 'endangered' peace with Taiwan Strait fly-through 

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China accused the United States of "endangering" peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait after a U.S. military plane flew through the sensitive waterway on Monday, with the U.S. Navy responding that it had been in international airspace.

Beijing has been incensed by U.S. military missions through the narrow strait, most frequently of warships but occasionally of aircraft, saying China "has sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction" over the waterway. 

Taiwan and the United States dispute that saying it is an international waterway. 

The Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army said its forces closely monitored the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance plane, which is also used for anti-submarine missions, as it flew through the strait which separates China from Taiwan.  

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China Says The US Is 'Endangering Peace And Stability' By Flying Aircraft Through The Taiwan Strait  

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China protests after US Navy jet flies through Taiwan Strait -- SCMP 

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