China scrambles jets after US and Japan enter air zone

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10483807/China-scrambles-jets-after-US-and-Japan-enter-air-zone.html

China said it launched two fighter planes on Friday to investigate flights by a dozen US and Japanese reconnaissance and military planes in its new self-declared air defence zone, raising the stakes in a stand-off over disputed territories in the East China Sea.

The ministry of defence in Beijing said Chinese fighter jets identified and monitored the two US reconnaissance aircraft and a mix of 10 Japanese early warning, reconnaissance and fighter planes which passed through the zone early yesterday.