China's military said on Tuesday it deployed naval and air forces to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, denouncing the United States for trying to "mislead" the international community.

A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft flew through the strait’s international space “in accordance with international law," the Navy said.

China deployed military aircraft and ships to track and monitor a US Navy plane as it was transiting the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, as Beijing said it was on "high alert"

Around once a month, US military ships or aircraft pass through or above the waterway that separates democratically governed Taiwan from China - missions that always anger Beijing. China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and says it has jurisdiction over the strait.

China's military deployed aircraft and ships to monitor and track a U.S. plane during its passage through the sensitive waterway of the the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday. Beijing views such transits as provocative,

BEIJING >> China’s military said on Tuesday it deployed naval and air forces to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, denouncing the United States for trying to “mislead” the international community.