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The footage was shown on China’s state broadcaster CCTV this week. It appears to show a jet fighter streaking through the sky while closely following another aircraft.
Then you can hear a pilot trying to communicate by radio.
The images come amid tensions between China, the nearby island of Taiwan and the United States.
Last month, Taiwan warned China to “back off” after Beijing reportedly sent several fighter jets across a border that separates the nations.
At one point, as many as 19 Chinese air force aircraft, many of them fighter jets, crossed the Taiwan side of the median line spanning the Taiwan Strait.
And on another occasion, two Chinese air force Y-8 anti-submarine jets flew into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, prompting Taiwan to awaken fighter jets in response.
However, there has also been activity in China’s airspace.
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On one occasion, a US RC-135S spy plane changed its code to look like a Malaysian plane.
Recent footage of China’s fighter jet warning of another plane isn’t the first time the nation has shared footage showing military activity in recent weeks.
The Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army shared a video on its official social media page last month of an animated bomb attack.
Analysts noted that the fake bomb attack appeared to target what appeared to be the US Army’s Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
Attentive viewers also noted that some scenes in the video appeared to have been drawn directly from Hollywood movies, including “The Hurt Locker” and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
Tensions between China and Taiwan rose further this month after a fight between officials from both nations resulted in injuries.
The fight, which took place in Fiji, occurred after Chinese officials meddled in an event held at the Grand Pacific hotel in the Fijian capital Suva, Taiwan claims.
The event was held to commemorate the celebrations of National Taiwan Day.
The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said one of its officials suffered head injuries and had to be sent to hospital.
Taiwan criticized the altercation as “grave violations of the rule of law and civilized norms.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Taiwan’s version of the reports was “inconsistent” with what actually happened.
China regards Taiwan as a “separatist” province, although Taiwan maintains that it is a sovereign nation.
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