The Epoch Times by Andrew Thornebrooke
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is now using purported military drills in the South China Sea to cover up its search for the wreckage for a Chinese military plane that crashed in early March, Taiwanâs intelligence agency said on March 10.
The aircraft is reported to have been a Shaanxi Y-8, which is a medium transport aircraft, but commonly outfitted by the Chinese military to serve as a reconnaissance or electronic warfare element. The plane that crashed may have been outfitted for anti-submarine duty.
The crash itself was first reported by Vietnam-based journalist Duan Dang and later confirmed by Chen Ming-tong, director-general of Taiwanâs National Security Bureau (NSB), in remarks to the islandâs parliament on March 10…
