In the last year, China has pushed back against the rights of foreign militaries to operate in its surrounding sea and airspace.
Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the PLA's Eastern Theater Command, whose area of responsibility includes the strait, decried the P-8A's overflight as sensationalism."The U.S. action deliberately interferes with and undermines the regional situation and endangers peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," said Shi.
A P-8A maritime patrol aircraft flies by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on February 24, 2023, during operations in the Western Pacific. A U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane flew down the center of the Taiwan Strait on Monday.In recent years, China has stepped up its opposition to U.S. military operations in its nearby sea and airspace.
Beijing's attempts to push American operations further away from its shores have come in the form of what Washington says are riskier maneuvers in the air and at sea. These included a Chinese J-11 warplane thatof a U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance plane last month over the South China Sea, and a similar incident last Friday, also involving a Navy P-8A, witnessed by a traveling press pool on board the aircraft.
"U.S. Navy vessels and aircraft routinely interact with foreign warships and aircraft while operating throughout the region. All interactions with foreign military forces during the transit were consistent with international norms and did not impact the operation," said Cdr. Hayley Sims, a Seventh Fleet spokesperson.
The Seventh Fleet, which is headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan, is responsible for missions that include asserting navigational and overflight rights in the Western Pacific. In the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, these tend to feature U.S. warships like the Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS
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