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| Airlines urged by US to give notice |
| Airlines urged by US to give notice to China
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 30-November-2013
4:31:5 AM |
| On the same day that China scrambled fighter jets to enforce its newly declared air defense zone, the Obama administration decided Friday to advise U.S. commercial airlines to comply with China's demands to be notified in advance of flights through the area.
While the United States continued to defy China by sending military planes into the zone unannounced, administration officials said they expected civilian planes to adhere to Beijing's new rules out of fear of an unintended confrontation.
Although the officials made clear that the administration rejects China's control of the airspace over a large area of the East China Sea, the guidance to the civilian airlines could be interpreted in the region as a concession in the battle of wills with China.
"The U.S. government generally expects that U.S. carriers operating internationally will operate consistent with" notice requirements "issued by foreign countries," the State Department said in a statement, adding that that "does not indicate U.S. government acceptance of China's requirements."
The decision contrasted with that of Japan's government this week, when it asked its airlines, which were voluntarily following China's rules, to stop for fear that doing so would add legitimacy to Chinese claims to control the airspace above islands claimed by both countries.
China's newly declared air defense zone, experts say, is designed mainly to whittle away at Japan's hold on the islands, which it has long administered.
On Saturday, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said, "We will not comment what other countries are doing with regard to filing flight plans." It was not immediately clear if the Obama administration had notified Japan, a close ally, of its decision.
The U.S. announcement came just hours after Chinese state news media said China sent jets that identified two U.S. surveillance planes and 10 Japanese aircraft in the air defense zone the country declared last weekend.
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