The appearance of an American tanker aircraft over the Taiwan Strait aroused indignation in China.. It's about the strait, whose eastern shore is Taiwan, and western - China, considering Taiwan an integral part of China.
Became known, that the KC-135 air tanker was over the waters of the Taiwan Strait with the aim of refueling the Boeing RC-135 strategic aerial reconnaissance aircraft. According to the latest data, RC-135 carried out reconnaissance in the said strait, as well as in the waters of the South China Sea, watching the operations of the ships of the Chinese navy.
Chinese reaction was not long in coming. celebrated, that "instead of, to focus on fighting epidemics, Washington continues to engage in provocations thousands of kilometers from its borders. ". added, that the time for aerial reconnaissance at the Chinese borders is becoming longer, but because the US has already decided to use the option with refueling air reconnaissance.
China's outrage is primarily due to, what Beijing believes the Taiwan Strait is actually the inland body of the PRC, as it relates to the territory of China, as it has been said, and the island of Taiwan itself.
It is worth noting, that the advent of US aviation in the strait of taiwan, as it appears, is part of the same American program, within the framework of which the other day American planes flew in the airspace between the Kuril Islands, heading to the Sea of Okhotsk.
In China, the appearance of US Air Force planes over the waters of the Taiwan Strait was called an attempt to impose its hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region.
From which particular base did the American tanker take off, not reported.
