The US patrol aircraft flew over the international airspace of the Taiwan Strait. The Eastern theater of the PLA of China criticized the United States for public hype.
According to the WeChat public account of the "Eastern Theater", Shi Yi, a spokesman for the Eastern theater of the PLA on Thursday (July 13), said that a P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft passed the Taiwan Strait on Thursday and ""Public hype", the Eastern theater organization and fighters were alert to the U.S. aircraft throughout the United States, and dealt with it in accordance with laws and regulations.The theater troops always maintain a high alert and resolutely defend the national sovereign security and regional peace and stability.
The Seventh American Fleet announced on the official website earlier on Thursday that the patrol aircraft crossed the Taiwan Sea.The Ministry of National Defense in Taiwan subsequently notified the dynamics of the US patrol aircraft.
The Seventh Fleet in the United States said in a statement that the U.S. Navy anti -submarine patrol aircraft wears the Taiwan Strait, showing the United States committed to maintaining a free and open Indian Pacific region, and emphasized that the U.S. military allows the US military to allow any international law to allowPassing, sailing and operation in the area.
Earlier, the U.S. Navy also sent a P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft in February and April this year to pass on the Taiwan Strait.
