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China blames Canada for ‘malicious, provocative’ moves after close midair intercepts over South China Sea (www.cnn.com)

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China has accused Canada of carrying out “malicious and provocative” actions in the South China Sea, after the Canadian Navy said Chinese fighter jets endangered a helicopter in two close intercepts above international waters.

The comments come after CNN revealed last week that a Chinese warplane fired flares in front of a Canadian military helicopter on October 29, an operation that Canadian military officers said was reckless and could have resulted in the downing of the aircraft.

The incident was the second of two “unsafe” encounters the Canadian chopper had on that day with Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy J-11 fighters, which got as close as 100 feet (30 meters) from the helicopter, Maj. Rob Millen, air officer aboard the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ottawa, told CNN in an interview on the warship.

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[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 72 points 11 months ago

China has been fucking around for a while now. One of these times they’re going to step over that line and start something they wish they hadn’t.

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[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 11 months ago

Hey China, how about you stop being malicious and provacative in the SCS?

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

Bro they're just defending their sovereignty bro. It's totally their waters even though it's international waters, and did you see how dangerous those fishermen vessels were to their national security??? /s

They were seen favorably by the Western Left, but then they started to pull shit like this. They have somehow managed to align both Democrats and Republicans against them, which is fucking impressive. They continue to recklessly fuck around, and I don't think their economy is in a state to find out.

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[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago

They're playing a very dangerous game. And they know it too, with how they're projecting in their statements.

They're trying to claim international waters as their own. Flagrantly. If they're going to ignore internationally agreed upon borders, they shouldn't be surprised when everyone laughs at their claims of sovereignty.

[-] MudSkipperKisser@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

Ah yes, when I think “Canada” I think “malicious and provocative”

[-] vivadanang@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

Hey man if you had to live above a meth lab eventually you'd crack too.

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[-] trslim@pawb.social 13 points 10 months ago

Canada isn't sorry anymore.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 17 points 10 months ago

That sounds like a really awesome tag line for the Captain Canada movie

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[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Can we change the name of the SCS already? What could trigger the Chinese government the most?

Tianamen sea? Mongolia was here sea? Taiwan (no sea, just Taiwan)?

[-] TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

~~ASA~~ SAS - South Asian Sea It's inclusive of all territories and still pisses off China.

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I think this is the best option, i dont want to piss the Chinese people but just the Chinese government and this could fall specifically in that space

[-] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

SAS?

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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

West Tawanese Channel

[-] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Greater Vietnamese Sea!

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[-] Wahots@pawb.social 16 points 10 months ago

What's up with Russia and china's shitty pilots? One of these days, one of those morons is going to stall their fighter or miscalculate and crash into the sea, and the international vessel they're harassing is going to have to pick them up. Fucking idiots.

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

They want provocation from the west, if they do dangerous shit that might endanger Canadian/US/whoever vessels then we might be forced to retaliate in order to prevent an accident that could put sailors/marines at risk.

[-] Harpsist@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

America no!!

America : I'm over here...

Sorry, force of habit, Canada Noooo!

[-] teft@startrek.website 12 points 11 months ago

All these little maneuvers remind me of the classic bully who pulls his punch at the last second trying to get you to flinch.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Oh, are the hostage diplomacists upset?

Too fucking bad.

[-] this_is_router@feddit.de 7 points 11 months ago

They should have send an air balloon instead...

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Rob Millen, air officer aboard the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ottawa, told CNN in an interview on the warship.

Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair briefed reporters on the incidents later Friday, saying the Chinese jets’ actions were deemed to be “significantly unsafe” and put “the safety of all personnel involved in unnecessary risk.”

“China’s People’s Liberation Army organized naval and air forces to conduct identification, verification in accordance with the law and issued multiple warnings.

Since 2014 Beijing has built up tiny reefs and sandbars into artificial islands heavily fortified with missiles, runways and weapons systems – sparking outcry from the other claimants.

That incident was recorded by news crews aboard the Canadian aircraft and witnessed by Maj. Gen. Iain Huddleston, the commander of Canada’s 1st Air Division, who was also on the plane.

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[-] stella@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

I think I'm old enough to realize none of this matters.

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