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Tokyo Complains About Nearby Chinese Bomber Flight; Beijing Says 'Get Used To It'

July 14 2017

China

China insists its recent military exercises held close to Japan were "routine," telling Tokyo to "get used" to such actions, reports Xinhua, China's state news agency.

On Thursday, Japan's Defense Ministry said a flyover of Chinese H-6 bombers over the Miyako Strait between Japan's Miyako and Okinawa Islands was "unusual." The aircraft did not enter Japanese airspace during the flight on Thursday, noted the ministry statement.

Those flights were "routine exercises" and...

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