China 'launches fighter jets' amid Japan dispute
- Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 20.45
- Online news: Asia
Beijing sent fighter jets to the East China Sea after Japanese aircraft followed a Chinese plane in a territorial dispute, the defence ministry said Friday according to state media.
A fighter jet flies by during a display at an air show in Fucheng, northern China, on October 14, 2011. Beijing sent fighter jets to the East China Sea after Japanese aircraft followed a Chinese plane in a territorial dispute, the defence ministry said Friday according to state media.
A ministry official told a press conference that two J-10 fighters flew to the area on Thursday to monitor two Japanese F-15 fighters that had trailed a Chinese Y-8 aircraft, China's official Xinhua news agency said.
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