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US warns China against escalation of tensions over air zone

Beijing: Vice President Joe Biden today delivered a blunt message to China that the US will not recognise its unilaterally-declared air defence zone over disputed islands in the East China Sea and efforts to enforce



Biden, during his second visit to China since becoming the US Vice President, also held talks with Premier Li Keqiang and then left for South Korea.

He arrived here yesterday from Japan where he along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticised the zone.  

China announced a new ADIZ last month, and said aircraft flying through the zone must follow its rules, including filing flight plans.

The ADIZ covers islands claimed and controlled by Japan and a submerged rock claimed by South Korea.

The US, Japan and South Korea have rejected the zone, and flown undeclared military aircraft through it, prompting China to scramble its airforce jets to monitor them.  

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