China dismissed Pentagon statement
in its accusation on Chinese fighter jet flew too close to a United States
Military aircraft in Hainan Island.
United States Rear Admiral Kirby
had that “armed Chinese plane came close to American surveillance aircraft not
just one but three times, flying underneath the US plane and then parallel with
its wingtips, less than nine meters apart.
China's defense spokesman Yujun
called it "totally groundless" in a statement cited by Xinhua China news
agency, lashing out American military for conducting its surveillance
operations close to Chinese waters.
Yang said that the jet pilot was in
a safe distance making regular checks on the surveillance aircraft during the
latest confrontation in international waters about 220 kilometers east of the Hainan
island.
It was the US and its "frequent
and massive close-in surveillance of China" that endangered our
air and marine security.
Beijing and Washington have long
disagreed over maritime and aviation rights in strategic South China Sea, with Americans
insisting the area is part of international airspace and waters.
China argues it is part of the
country's "exclusive economic zone."
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