Chinese, U.S. aircraft in 'unsafe' encounter over South China Sea

“We don’t see any evidence that it was intentional,” the spokesman said.

There's a history of Chinese fighters trying to intimidate aircraft from other countries over the SCS. In 2001, near Hainan island, one fighter actually collided with a US plane causing the fighter to crash and the US plane to make an emergency landing. One of the problems with an overly-nationalist military is that there'll always be posturing, and it's best not to let it escalate. I think the statement given above by the spokesman was the right one to make, all things considered.

Who has more right to be there?

Nobody. Everyone has the same rights in international waters.

One of the problems with an overly-nationalist military is that there'll always be posturing

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Who has more right to be there?

Nobody. Everyone has the same rights in international waters.

Yep, keep international, international a.k.a. keep public, public

The moment there becomes a hierarchy of who has more rights in an international/public area is the moment we start to lose the rights to international/public areas

The next thing ya know, some governments have more rights there or some rich folks have more rights there

Nope, no way - everyone has the same rights there - and that's the way it should stay

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I think this time, it was not intentional. I am sure China leadership is aware there is a new USA Secretary of Defense and President trump who will not allow the USA to be bullied nor will it allowed its allies be bullied unlike Obama's administration.