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EP-3 leftover
Wolfowitz holds talks with top Chinese general
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz met yesterday with a top Chinese general and other military officials amid growing concern over the rapid buildup of Chinese military forces. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...5513-1873r.htm http://www.washtimes.com/national/inring.htm EP-3 leftover U.S.-Chinese military relations are still strained from the aftermath of the April 2001 midair collision between a U.S. EP-3 surveillance aircraft and a Chinese F-8 jet over international waters near China. Defense officials said that despite the resumption of the Defense Consultative Talks - the latest round was held yesterday - the EP-3 incident has not been completely resolved. The 23-member U.S. crew of the EP-3 made an emergency landing at a Chinese military base on Hainan island. Instead of getting help, the Americans were promptly imprisoned by Chinese troops and held for 11 days. The Chinese then stripped the aircraft of its equipment and cut up the plane so it could be brought back to the United States in pieces. The final indignity was Beijing's demand that the United States pay China $1 million. When the Pentagon responded to the demand by presenting a check for $63,000 to Chinese officials, the check was refused. It is still sitting in the Pentagon, we are told. The payment dispute did not come up during the visit yesterday of a delegation of Chinese military officials led by Lt. Gen. Xiong Guangkai, deputy chief of the general staff. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday declined to meet with Gen. Xiong, the third time he has turned down a meeting with the general. The U.S. side was represented in the talks by Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defense for policy. |
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What really is a slap in the face is that PR-32 is flying the same
tracks and missions as the day the "accident", as we speak. On 29 Apr 2005 07:50:03 -0700, " wrote: Wolfowitz holds talks with top Chinese general Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz met yesterday with a top Chinese general and other military officials amid growing concern over the rapid buildup of Chinese military forces. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...5513-1873r.htm http://www.washtimes.com/national/inring.htm EP-3 leftover U.S.-Chinese military relations are still strained from the aftermath of the April 2001 midair collision between a U.S. EP-3 surveillance aircraft and a Chinese F-8 jet over international waters near China. Defense officials said that despite the resumption of the Defense Consultative Talks - the latest round was held yesterday - the EP-3 incident has not been completely resolved. The 23-member U.S. crew of the EP-3 made an emergency landing at a Chinese military base on Hainan island. Instead of getting help, the Americans were promptly imprisoned by Chinese troops and held for 11 days. The Chinese then stripped the aircraft of its equipment and cut up the plane so it could be brought back to the United States in pieces. The final indignity was Beijing's demand that the United States pay China $1 million. When the Pentagon responded to the demand by presenting a check for $63,000 to Chinese officials, the check was refused. It is still sitting in the Pentagon, we are told. The payment dispute did not come up during the visit yesterday of a delegation of Chinese military officials led by Lt. Gen. Xiong Guangkai, deputy chief of the general staff. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday declined to meet with Gen. Xiong, the third time he has turned down a meeting with the general. The U.S. side was represented in the talks by Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defense for policy. |
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