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Originally posted by Grunt Master:
Regarding Spy planes--the US plane was operating in International Waters. This is obvious from the fact that the Chinese pilots did not ward it off (or blow it up) with a warning shot. The Chinese pilots were "escorting" the US plane--they were trying to intimidate, annoy, and disrupt the US plane's mission (which is perfectly legal and expected). If they had been in Chinese waters they would not have been "escorting," they would have been "executing." (Does anyone remember the Cesna that flew too close to Cuba a few years back? That's what happens to unwanted aircraft.)
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that is only more the reason piss people off, you know? just because you constantly hide behind "international convention" says this is international water, so you can do whatever you want. well, that is not the case.
international convention says those water are for PEACEFUL USE only. USA's spyplane was obviously obtaining informations for China's unfriendly nearby countries.
further more, the frequency of spy missions had been increasing. the VERY regular mission was threating chinese people's right, and doing chinese people harm. how could you do that? a country claimed to be the most fair, most respectful to people's right, people's liberty, had INTENTIONALY ignore its own code and doing other people harm? so shouldn't Chinese defend themselves? I say yes. not only they should, they deserve an apology as well.
when chinese most needed are economy friends and internation cooperation with US, very few people is trying to resurrect the half-dead Cold War theory, and put China on their next target.
remember, doing that is doing US harm int he long run as well
[This message has been edited by 250 (edited 04-10-2001).]