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To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (50563)3/20/2000 8:22:00 AM
From: long-gone  Respond to of 116798
 
Agence France Presse
March 20, 2000, Monday 3:19 AM UTC

Chinese jets fly towards Taiwan: Hong Kong newspaper

HONG KONG, March 20 - Large numbers of Chinese fighter jets were seen heading in the direction of Taiwan following the island's election of pro-independence advocate Chen Shui-bian, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Monday.

The English-language South China Morning Post quoted an unidentified witness in the southern town of Huizhou, in Guangdong province, as saying about 100 jets had flown over the town Sunday .

"Every two or three minutes, a fighter jet went over our heads. This lasted for four hours non-stop," the witness was quoted by the newspaper as saying.

The planes were heading (cont)
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