China Criticizes U.S. P-8A Surveillance Flight Through Taiwan Strait

China criticized a U.S. Navy surveillance flight through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday. A statement from the People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command called the P-8A Poseidon aircraft transit “provocative” and said Chinese aircraft tailed and tracked the flight. “The troops of the PLA Eastern Theater Command will remain on high alert at all times and resolutely safeguard China’s national sovereignty as well as regional peace and stability,” PLAN Senior Capt. Li Xi, a PLA Eastern Theater Command spokesperson, said in a statement. The P-8A Poseidon aircraft flew from the north to the south of the strait, according to Taiwan’s