US P-8A transits Taiwan Strait with Chinese aircraft shadowing

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Source: US Navy

A Boeing P-8A maritime patrol jet from the US Navy overflew the Taiwan Strait separating the island from mainland China, a waterway over which Beijing claims jurisdiction but Washington views as international water.

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