Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/08/10
By: Chiu Kuo-chiang and Evelyn Kao

Beijing, Aug. 10 (CNA) A Chinese military surveillance aircraft was seen flying over international waters east of Taiwan on Wednesday, according to a post on the website of Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

A map on the website showed the flight path of the Y-8 aircraft as over the Western Pacific Ocean, through the Miyako Strait between Japan’s Miyako and Okinawa islands, and into the East China Sea east of Taiwan.

According to the post, Japan scrambled a fighter jet in response to the appearance of the military surveillance aircraft.

In recent months, several Chinese military planes, including Xian H-6K bombers, have been spotted on similar routes.    [FULL  STORY]