American E-8C surveillance planes have made multiple flights close to the Chinese coast in the past week. Photo: Handout American E-8C surveillance planes have made multiple flights close to the Chinese coast in the past week. Photo: Handout
American E-8C surveillance planes have made multiple flights close to the Chinese coast in the past week. Photo: Handout
South China Sea
China /  Diplomacy

US puts record number of eyes in the skies off China coast in July

  • Beijing-based think tank counts 50 sorties by American military aircraft over South China Sea in first three weeks
  • Numerous reconnaissance flights have ventured close to Chinese airspace on southern coast

Topic |   South China Sea
Liu Zhen
Liu Zhen in Beijing

Updated: 9:49pm, 25 Jul, 2020

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American E-8C surveillance planes have made multiple flights close to the Chinese coast in the past week. Photo: Handout American E-8C surveillance planes have made multiple flights close to the Chinese coast in the past week. Photo: Handout
American E-8C surveillance planes have made multiple flights close to the Chinese coast in the past week. Photo: Handout
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