WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's military sent several fighter jets and an early warning aircraft on patrol in disputed air space over the East China Sea on Thursday, the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported, quoting a spokesman for the People's Liberation Army Air Force.
The aircraft were part of what Xinhua called "normal air patrols" in the new air defence zone Beijing has declared.
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