Social media was abuzz on Friday with reports that Taiwan had shot down a chinese Sukhoi-35. A video that purportedly showed a burning aircraft shot down in Taiwanese airspace went viral along with these claims. These reports gained mileage as tensions between China and Taiwan are at a peak, as Taiwan distances itself from China and the latter seeks to tighten its grip on what it considers its territory. What really happened?

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