Chinese fighter jets crossed over the median line of the Taiwan Strait and into the country's airspace in Aug 10 morning, one day after U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar visited Taiwan  to convey a message of strong support and friendship from President Trump.

Analysts expect the Chinese government to respond by ordering one of them closed. 

US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell has expressed Washington's support for Southeast Asian nations in their territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea (known as East Sea in Vietnam), and warned that the United States could impose sanctions on Beijing.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused the United States of spreading 'lies and conspiracy theories' about coronavirus and escalating tensions between the two nations.