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Friday, June 13, 2014

China Calls Japan the Aggressor in Flybys Over Sea


China’s Ministry of National Defense accused Japan on Thursday of airborne brinkmanship over the East China Sea, rejecting Tokyo’s account of the latest close encounters between military aircraft from the two increasingly estranged countries.

The official Chinese rejection of the Japanese version of events was predictable, but the vehement wording from Beijing showed the bitterness that has built up between the two neighbors.

The Chinese defense ministry spokesman, Senior Col. Geng Yansheng, said that in two incidents on Wednesday, Japanese military aircraft flew “abnormally close” to Chinese air force planes — the opposite of the account from Japan’s Defense Ministry.

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