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November 28, 2013

China's response to US B-52s in air zone 'too slow': media
Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2013
China's response to US B-52 bombers in its newly-declared air zone was "too slow", state-run media said Thursday, fuelling a popular clamour for Beijing to get tough against Japan and the US. Beijing's declaration of a new Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) including Tokyo-administered islands at the centre of a tense dispute between the two neighbours has provoked global concern. The US has a security alliance with Japan and announced that it had sent two US Stratofortress planes into the z ... read more

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