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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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[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Australia is not immune. Just because you work at a gas station next to the library, it doesn’t make you a librarian.

[-] DarkMessiah@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

You’re trying real hard to move this away from China, mate. They paying you or are you just going against the grain because it’s the ‘rock-n-roll’ thing to do? Or is it because you wanna try to keep people from pissing them off?

Just saying, it’s a weird thing to do when their pilots are clearly the ones who went aggro in the first place.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

My problem is with American and Western media beating the drums for war with China. Article after article complaining about China. I don’t want a war with China. And I refuse to be convinced that it’s a good idea.

[-] DarkMessiah@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Nah, yeah, you’re right - war with China would be a very bad thing for everyone involved, but there need to be consequences for being an absolute dick to everyone, and China has a long history of provocation and other assorted dickery, even discounting this incident.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

My problem is with American and Western media beating the drums for war with China.

Then you're a fool, because that will never happen and no serious person thinks it will. You're afraid of nothing.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The article says otherwise. Mentions of China in the media are increasing, and most are negative. That sways public perception, and lays the groundwork for conflict. America didn’t just invade Iraq spontaneously. There were months of negative media coverage of Iraq before the invasion to culture public sentiment. This is similar.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

There are billions of dollars of trade per day between the US and China. Neither party will compromise that . You're a fool, falling for a sideshow meant to keep you entertained.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Then why so many news articles so negative about China? Why antagonize a major trade partner?

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