Beijing blames US 'provocation' for an incident last week in which a Chinese plane crossed in front of an American surveillance aircraft over South China Sea
The Chinese plane"flew directly in front of and within 400 feet of the nose of the RC-135, forcing the US aircraft to fly through its wake turbulence" on Friday, the Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement.
China had sent aircraft to track and monitor the jet"in accordance with laws and regulations", Zhang said.The Pentagon said the incident was part of a pattern of behaviour by China. The announcement of the latest incident came a day after the Pentagon said Beijing had refused a US invitation for Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to meet his Chinese counterpart in Singapore this week.
Beijing said in response to reports of the Singapore cancellation that the United States was"entirely responsible for the current difficulties in exchanges between the two militaries".
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