09 June 2016

News Story: China urges U.S. to stop close surveillance over East China Sea

A Boeing RC-135 (Image: Wiki Commons)
BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday demanded that the United States refrain from flying reconnaissance aircraft over Chinese waters.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a U.S. claim on China's "unsafe" interception of an American aircraft over the East China Sea.

"The United States that is deliberately stirring up the issue," said Hong.

Read the full story at Xinhua