China rejects US claim of 'unsafe' spy plane intercept

China rejects US claim of 'unsafe' spy plane intercept Beijing (AFP) May 19, 2016 - Beijing on Thursday rejected Pentagon accusations that a Chinese aircraft made an "unsafe" intercept of a spy plane in international air space, as tensions rise in the strategically vital South China Sea. Rivalry between China and the United States is mounting in the disputed waterway, an important shipping route thought to be home to vast energy deposits, and which Beijing claims almost in ... more

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