China’s military says it deployed naval and air forces to monitor and warn a United States Navy patrol aircraft that flew through the Taiwan Strait Tuesday, November 26.
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00:00China's military says it deployed naval and air forces to monitor and warn a United
00:06States Navy patrol aircraft that flew through the Taiwan Strait Tuesday, November 26.
00:11It denounces the US for trying to, quote-unquote, mislead the international community.
00:15The US Navy's 7th Fleet says a maritime patrol aircraft flew through the strait in
00:19international airspace.
00:21It adds, the flight demonstrates the US's commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
00:27And once a month, US military ships or aircraft pass through or above the waterway that separates
00:31democratically governed Taiwan from China.
00:34These missions always anger Beijing.
00:36China claims sovereignty over the island of Taiwan and says it has jurisdiction over the
00:40strait.
00:41Taiwan and the United States dispute that, saying the strait is an international waterway.