Chinese Fighter Jet Pilot Orders US Plane To Divert 'Immediately Or You'll Be Intercepted' In The Air Near Taiwan

Daily Mail: Dramatic moment Chinese fighter jet pilot orders US plane to divert 'immediately or you'll be intercepted' in the air over the Taiwan Strait

* The pro-Beijing tabloid The People's Daily tweeted that the audio clip was taken from July 23 when 'a US military plane was driven away by a Chinese jet'
* Beijing's propaganda machine has ratcheted up attacks on Washington in recent weeks amid increased tensions with the US and her allies over South China Sea
* US said that it would reject almost all of China's claims in the disputed waters
* Prompted fury in Beijing amid soaring tensions over Covid, Huawei, Hong Kong

Chinese state-run media has broadcast an ominous warning allegedly issued by a fighter jet to a US plane in disputed waters near the Taiwan Strait.

In barely comprehensible English, an 'airman' says over the radio: 'This is China Naval Air Force on guard. You are approaching Chinese air domain, change your course immediately or you will be intercepted.'

The pro-Beijing tabloid The People's Daily tweeted that the audio clip was recorded on July 23 when 'a US military plane was driven away by a Chinese jet.'

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WNU Editor: I am skeptical of this claim. The video that the Chinese are using to claim this intercept appears to be stock footage.

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