NewsWeek
Date: 12/12/17
By: Christyina Zhao and Reuters
China’s military sent fighter jets, bombers and surveillance aircraft to patrol the self-
China unveils its J-20 stealth fighter during an air show in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China, on November 1, 2016. The Chinese air force conducted patrols on Monday near Taiwan amid invasion threats from a senior Chinese diplomat.
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governed island of Taiwan on Monday.
The “island encirclement patrol” took place after a senior Chinese diplomat threatened that Beijing would invade Taiwan if any U.S. warships made port visits there.
Aircraft, including H-6K bombers, spy jets and Su-30 and J-11 fighter jets, were all part of the aerial mission in which the jets flew over the Miyako Strait in Japan’s south and the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines.
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Shen Jinke, an Air Force spokesman, described the patrols as “routine” and “planned” to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity on the military branch’s microblog. He added that the sea patrols aim to “test real combat capabilities” of the forces.
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