Chinese media warn US over flights
China’s state-run media yesterday warned Washington that Beijing could treat its surveillance flights as an “act of hostility,” after US accusations that a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US military aircraft.
US Rear Admiral John Kirby on Friday said the armed Chinese warplane came close to the US P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft on three occasions, at times less than 9m away, in what he called a “very dangerous” intercept.
Chinese Ministry of National Defense spokesman Yang Yujun called the allegations “totally groundless” in a statement cited by Xinhua news agency.
The incident took place 220km off China’s Hainan Island, over an area the US insists is international waters, but Beijing regards as part of its territory.
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