China Dismisses US Plane Intercept Accusations

China is dismissing as "groundless" U.S. accusations that one of its fighter jets came too close to a U.S. Navy patrol plane off the Chinese coast on Tuesday. A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman, Yang Yujun, made the comment Saturday.  In a statement cited by China's Xinhua news agency, Yang also said the Chinese pilot had maintained a safe distance from the U.S. aircraft and that the United States, and its massive and frequent close-in surveillance of China,...

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