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Taiwan: Chinese protests for an unexpected landing by two American fighter aircraft

Beijing, China - The two jet were escorting an EA-6B "Prowler"

Today, April 3, 2015, China has officially protested with the United States, because two fighter jets from the US Air Force landed at an air base in Taiwan, considered by Beijing as its own territory. Officially, the island is a sovereign state, but politically it's governed by the Beijing authorities. Two American F-18 have made an emergency landing at an air base near the southern city of Tainan....

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Rome, Italy, 04/03/2015 18:53
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