This is the latest in a series of delays for the Lockheed Martin-made fighter, causing modernization efforts to slip further behind.
The Chinese government continues to claim Taiwan as its territory and says it must come under its control.
China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are all finding ways to antagonize U.S. efforts.
The U.S. aircraft was a P-8A Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance plane, according to the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command.
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