Beijing denies intercepting US plane over East China Sea

By THE MANILA TIMES

May 20, 2017 12:11 pm

BEIJING: China has denied US allegations that two Chinese fighter jets intercepted an American military plane earlier this week, saying that its aircrafts were acting 'in accordance with the law.'

'Related remarks from the US side are inconsistent with fact,' the Chinese Ministry of Defense said in a statement posted to its website late Friday.

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