U.S. Navy P-8 Flies Over Taiwan Strait, Causing China to Scramble

China’s People’s Liberation Army scrambled fighter jets to monitor a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon that flew over the Taiwan Strait Friday, according to U.S. and Chinese statements. The P-8A flew over the Taiwan Strait in international airspace early Friday local time, according to a U.S. Navy news release. “The aircraft’s transit of the Taiwan Strait …