China said on Thursday the United States should respect its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), after Chinese officials warned a U. S. bomber it was illegally flying inside China's self-declared zone in the East China Sea. Current top breaking Philippine…
BEIJING — China said on Thursday the United States should respect its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), after Chinese officials warned a U. S. bomber it was illegally flying inside China’s self-declared zone in the East China Sea. The Pentagon rejected the Chinese call and said it would continue its flight operations in the region. China declared the zone, in which aircraft are supposed to identify themselves to Chinese authorities, in the East China Sea in 2013, which the United States and Japan have refused to recognise. CNN, citing the U. S. Pacific Air Forces, said a B-1 bomber was flying near South Korea on Sunday, and that its pilots responded to Chinese air traffic controllers by saying they were carrying out routine operations in international airspace. The aircraft did not deviate from its flight path. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she had not heard of the matter, and referred questions to the Defense Ministry, which did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
