Trouble Over the Taiwan Strait

摘要

A Chinese Su-27 fighter crossed the centerline of the Taiwan Strait—the unofficial dividing line between communist China and democratic Taiwan—in pursuit of a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft in June, prompting a warning from the US.Adm. Michael G. Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, called on China to be careful in responding to US reconnaissance flights in international airspace. "We have to make sure that we don't repeat what happened in 2001," he said referring to the incident when an aggressive Chinese fighter hit a Navy EP-3E surveillance aircraft over international waters near China's southern coast.