{"id":20834,"date":"2017-07-17T20:43:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/07\/17\/china-on-its-air-drills-near-japan-don-t-make-a-fuss-about-nothing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:52:10","slug":"china-on-its-air-drills-near-japan-don-t-make-a-fuss-about-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2017\/07\/17\/china-on-its-air-drills-near-japan-don-t-make-a-fuss-about-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"China on its air drills near Japan: Don&#8217;t &#8216;make a fuss about nothing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 China flexed its air power muscles last week near Japan and Taiwan in multiple exercises designed to hone its ability to operate over the sea, <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-defence-idUSKBN1A00GD\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-defence-idUSKBN1A00GD\">according to Reuters<\/a>.<br\/><br\/> On its official microblog, the Chinese Air Force said its aircraft flew through the Miyako Strait, near Japan, and through the Bashi Channel, which lies between independently ruled Taiwan and the Philippines.<br\/><br\/> Japan&#8217;s\u00a0Ministry\u00a0of\u00a0Defense\u00a0released a response on Thursday after six Xian H-6 bombers flew through the Miyako Strait, calling the incident &#8220;unusual&#8221; but not a violation of their airspace.<br\/><br\/> The Miyako Strait lies between Japan&#8217;s southern islands of Miyako and Okinawa, northeast of Taiwan.<br\/><br\/> Taiwan&#8217;s Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday that it closely monitored the planes, and they flew just outside the\u00a0Air Defense Identification Zone.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following day, China\u2019s defense ministry <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-japan-military-idUSKBN19Z0NO\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-japan-military-idUSKBN19Z0NO\">told the region<\/a>to deal with it. &#8220;The relevant side should not make a fuss about nothing or over-interpret, it will be fine once they get used to it,&#8221; China\u2019s ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry said that the exercises were planned in accord with international law and were not aimed at any specific country, adding that the exercises will continue. 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