Military exercises near Taiwan aimed at combating ‘arrogance’ of separatists, says China
GuardianAUG 2023
It's bad enough that China has risked the safety of US aircraft and personnel almost 200 times, but when you include its behavior toward other countries, that number rises to nearly 300. China doesn't care about the rules of international airspace and thinks it's acceptable to conduct reckless flight maneuvers as some kind of show of force. This could easily result in a physical military conflict — something neither Beijing nor Washington wants.
By issuing this absurd statement, the US actually exposed itself as the aggressor in this airspace situation. The reason Beijing has flown aircraft near its US counterparts is because Washington, in 2022 alone, conducted over 600 close-space reconnaissance missions using spy planes. It's the US that disregards China's national sovereignty rights, not the other way around. This is yet another continuation of the US' xenophobic anti-China rhetoric.