Chinese air force jets circled a Dutch frigate and approached a Dutch helicopter in the East China Sea in a way that “caused a potentially unsafe situation,” the Netherlands’ Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

In a statement, the Ministry said the HNLMS Tromp was patrolling on Friday in support of U.N. sanctions against North Korea when it was circled several times by two Chinese fighter jets.

Later, the ship’s NH90 helicopter was approached by two Chinese fighter jets and a helicopter.

“The incident took place in international airspace,” the ministry said. The Tromp is heading for Japan next and then to Hawaii for the “Rim of the Pacific” naval exercises.

  • maynarkhEnglish
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    5 months ago

    In the East sea of China

    It is the East China Sea not the East sea of China, however much the PRC wants it to be so. It includes territorial waters of South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China, as well as a whole bunch of freely navigable international waters.

    By this logic, the Indian Ocean would belong to India, and the Atlantic to Greece since they got to name it first.