Beijing is dismissing U.S. protests that a Chinese jet fighter buzzed a U.S. aircraft last week in international airspace over the South China Sea. On Wednesday, a spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry said the burden is on Washington to end the ongoing surveillance missions.
A Chinese J-16 fighter pilot conducted what U.S. officials said was an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” Friday by flying directly in front of the nose of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft. The dangerous move forced the U.S. pilot to fly through the jet fighter’s wake turbulence, officials with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said.
Yet Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said, “For quite some time, the U.S. side has frequently sent aircraft and vessels to conduct close-in reconnaissance on China, seriously threatening China’s sovereignty and security.” “The U.S. needs to immediately stop such dangerous acts of provocation,” she said. “We will continue to take necessary measures to firmly safeguard our sovereignty and security.”
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