China protested after Japan planes flew over South China Sea in 2018

China has lodged a protest with Japan after two planes of the country's Maritime Self-Defense Force flew near disputed Mischief Reef in the South China Sea in August 2018, Japanese government sources said Thursday.The protest came with the Communist-led Chinese government of President Xi Jinping claiming sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea and rapidly building artificial islands with military infrastructure in the maritime area.Beijing was quoted by the sources as telling Tokyo that the P-3C patrol planes "passed without permission" near the reef in the Spratly Islands, which…READ FULL ARTICLE