The flyover of the American P-8A Poseidon aircraft over the Taiwan Strait prompted a reaction from the Chinese military. China scrambled fighter jets and called on the USA to stop "distorting the rules.

China's military deployed aircraft and ships to monitor and track a U.S. plane during its passage through the sensitive waterway of the the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday. Beijing views such transits as provocative,

BEIJING >> China’s military said on Tuesday it deployed naval and air forces to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, denouncing the United States for trying to “mislead” the international community.

Beijing said Tuesday it deployed air and naval forces to monitor a US military plane as it flew over politically sensitive waters separating China and Taiwan.