Taiwan’s fighters intercept Chinese jets pursuing U.S. reconnaissance plane

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Taiwan’s fighters intercept Chinese jets pursuing U.S. reconnaissance plane




Gen Chen Bingde, China’s chief military officer

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Taiwan sent two F-16 fighters to intercept Chinese Sukhoi-27 jets purusing a U.S. reconnaissance plane into Taiwanese airspace on Monday. The two Chinese jets quickly turned around, rather than risk a collision such as occurred in 2001, killing the Chinese pilot. In that incident, the U.S. crew were detained for 11 days in a major diplomatic row. Telegraph



China’s state-run news agency says that the blame for the incident lies with the U.S. for “such provocative flights, which can and will cause grave damage to relations between the two countries.” Chen Bingde, the General Chief-of-Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, has criticized the US naval drills in the South China Sea and attempted arms sale to Taiwan, and also urged the US to reduce or halt its military surveillance near China’s coast. Xinhua