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US concerned by Chinese plane in what China calls "New Normal"
WASHINGTON -- The United States Friday voiced concern after a Chinese state-owned plane breached Japanese airspace for the first time to overfly islands at the heart of a bitter row between the two nations.
“It's important to avoid actions that raise tensions and to prevent miscalculations that could undermine peace, security and economic growth in the region,” State Department acting deputy spokesman Patrick Ventrell said.
Washington had raised its concerns with Beijing, he said, adding that the United States made clear that its “policy and commitments regarding the Senkaku Islands are long-standing and have not changed.”
U.S. officials had also talked to the Japanese government, he added.
Japan scrambled eight F-15 fighter jets Thursday after the first incursion by a Chinese state aircraft into Japanese airspace anywhere since Tokyo's military began monitoring in 1958, the Japanese defense ministry said.
Observers suggest the Chinese move was part of a Chinese campaign to create a “new normal” — where its forces come and go as they please around islands that Beijing calls the Diaoyus, but Tokyo controls as the Senkakus.
US concerned by Chinese plane in Japanese airspace - The China Post
"New Normal" indeed, better get used to it.
WASHINGTON -- The United States Friday voiced concern after a Chinese state-owned plane breached Japanese airspace for the first time to overfly islands at the heart of a bitter row between the two nations.
“It's important to avoid actions that raise tensions and to prevent miscalculations that could undermine peace, security and economic growth in the region,” State Department acting deputy spokesman Patrick Ventrell said.
Washington had raised its concerns with Beijing, he said, adding that the United States made clear that its “policy and commitments regarding the Senkaku Islands are long-standing and have not changed.”
U.S. officials had also talked to the Japanese government, he added.
Japan scrambled eight F-15 fighter jets Thursday after the first incursion by a Chinese state aircraft into Japanese airspace anywhere since Tokyo's military began monitoring in 1958, the Japanese defense ministry said.
Observers suggest the Chinese move was part of a Chinese campaign to create a “new normal” — where its forces come and go as they please around islands that Beijing calls the Diaoyus, but Tokyo controls as the Senkakus.
US concerned by Chinese plane in Japanese airspace - The China Post
"New Normal" indeed, better get used to it.