China Demands US Halt Recon Flights Along Coast

China is demanding that Washington immediately cease close surveillance along the country’s coast, following what the Pentagon described as an "unsafe" encounter between two Chinese fighter jets and a U.S. military plane. The Pentagon said two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. reconnaissance plane on a routine patrol Tuesday in international airspace over the South China Sea. But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Thursday that the Pentagon's account...

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