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发帖数: 1421 | 1 习大大来访，CNN首页关于CHina的新闻就是这个
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/22/politics/chinese-jet-maneuver-pen
Chinese jet performs 'unsafe' maneuver near U.S. plane, Pentagon says
(CNN)A Chinese military jet performed an "unsafe" maneuver in front of a U.S
. reconnaissance plane last week, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
The announcement came the same day that China's President, promoting peace
and downplaying differences, arrived in Seattle to start a potentially
pivotal U.S. visit.
A U.S. RC-135 aircraft operating above the Yellow Sea, approximately 80
miles east of the Shandong Peninsula, reported the September 15 incident
after the Chinese jet passed in front of the RC-135, Pentagon spokesman
Peter Cook told reporters.
"One of the maneuvers conducted by the Chinese aircraft during this
intercept was perceived as unsafe by the RC-135 air crew and at this point,
right now, there's no indication this was a near collision, but the report
that came back was that the plane operated in an unsafe fashion," Cook said.
The intercept follows a more dangerous maneuver last year when an armed
Chinese fighter jet came within approximately 20 feet of a U.S. Navy P-8
aircraft, at one point rolling to its side to show the U.S. plane its
weapons load, Pentagon officials said at the time.
Pattern of aggressive behavior'
While last week's incident was not seen of as provocative, Cook said the
incident was still under review.
It's already rankled some in Washington. Sen. John McCain, the Arizona
Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the "
dangerous Chinese intercept of a U.S. aircraft last week shows that China
feels emboldened to continue its pattern of aggressive behavior in the Asia-
Pacific region."
The tables have turned before: In May China's navy issued warnings eight
times as a U.S. surveillance plane swooped over islands that Beijing has
claimed over its neighbors' opposition. And two years ago, two unarmed U.S.
B-52 bombers flew through air space claimed by China.
From Beijing's perspective, the timing of Tuesday's announcement from the
Pentagon certainly could have been better. President Xi Jinping is in the
United States and will have an official state visit Friday with his American
counterpart, Barack Obama.
In a written interview with the Wall Street Journal, Xi downplayed
differences between the two countries, saying "even family members don't
always see eye to eye with each other."
As to China possibly flexing its military muscles, the President insisted
his country's approach is "defensive in nature."
"In strengthening our defense and military,... we are not going after some
kind of military adventure," Xi said. "It never crosses my mind."
.S. woman held in China since March
Another sensitive issue between the two countries came to light around the
start of Xi's trip: the months-long detention of an American woman by
Chinese authorities on accusations of spying.
Sandy Phan-Gillis has been in Chinese custody since she was stopped in March
during a trade visit she was on with officials from Houston, CNN affiliate
KTRK reported.
"My wife is not a spy, and she is not a thief," her husband, Jeff Gillis,
told the broadcaster. My wife is a hard-working businesswoman."
The U.S. government says it is closely monitoring Phan-Gillis' case.
"We've been to visit her six times since her arrest, and we've raised her
case with Chinese government officials on multiple occasions at a very
senior level," Mark Toner, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, said
Tuesday at a regular briefing.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters Tuesday that Phan
-Gillis is "suspected of endangering China's national security and is
currently being investigated by China's relevant authorities."
Gillis said he chose to go public over his wife's detention this week in the
hope of getting Obama's attention during Xi's visit.
"I want my wife back and I'm sure that she wants to be back very much too,"
he told KTRK. | p******o
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: 习大大来访，CNN首页关于CHina的新闻就是这个
: http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/22/politics/chinese-jet-maneuver-pen
: Chinese jet performs 'unsafe' maneuver near U.S. plane, Pentagon says
: (CNN)A Chinese military jet performed an "unsafe" maneuver in front of a U.S
: . reconnaissance plane last week, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
: The announcement came the same day that China's President, promoting peace
: and downplaying differences, arrived in Seattle to start a potentially
: pivotal U.S. visit.
: A U.S. RC-135 aircraft operating above the Yellow Sea, approximately 80
: miles east of the Shandong Peninsula, reported the September 15 incident
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