Reuters-US details risky Chinese military aircraft maneuvers over past two years
October 17, 2023 2 min 267 words
这篇报道指出，中国军用飞机在过去两年内近200次进行了危险或鲁莽的军事机动，接近美国飞机。然而，虽然有大量的军事接触，官方拒绝明确说明有多少次是“不安全和不专业”的，这是一种标准的军事术语，用于描述真正危险的互动。这个报道突显了中美两国之间的紧张关系，不仅包括在台湾问题、中国人权记录以及中国在南中国海的军事活动等方面存在摩擦，还包括了军事领域。然而，华盛顿似乎希望重启与中国的军事沟通，最近宣布接受中国在十月底举行的年度安全论坛的邀请，这可能是两国军事关系渐趋缓和的迹象。这一报道凸显了国际关系中的紧张和复杂性，需要谨慎处理。
Chinese military aircraft have carried out risky or reckless maneuvers close to U.S. aircraft nearly 200 times since 2021, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, putting a figure on what the Pentagon has called China's increasingly dangerous behavior in the skies.
But despite the large number of risky intercepts, the official declined to say how many of those close calls were "unsafe and unprofessional"- a standard military term when interactions are actually dangerous.
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said there had been 180 incidents since 2021 against U.S. military aircraft and it increased to 300 when it included maneuvers near aircraft of allies.
On Monday, Chinese fighter jets intercepted a Canadian military plane, which Ottawa said was dangerous and reckless.
In June 2022, Canada's military accused Chinese warplanes of harassing its patrol aircraft as they monitored North Korea sanction evasions, sometimes forcing Canadian planes to divert from their flight paths.
Relations between China and the United States have been tense, with friction between the world's two largest economies over everything from Taiwan and China's human rights record to its military activity in the South China Sea
But Washington has been eager to revive military-to-military communications with China.
Last week the Pentagon said it had accepted an invitation to attend China's top annual security forum in late October, the latest sign of potentially warming ties between the two countries' militaries.