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The first foreign-policy crisis of George W. Bush's presidency came in April 2001, when the Chinese forced down a U.S. surveillance plane.(The Week)(Brief article)
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The first foreign-policy crisis of George W. Bush's presidency came in April 2001, when the Chinese forced down a U.S. surveillance plane. History seemed about to repeat itself on March 8, this time at sea. The unarmed U.S. Navy surveillance vessel Impeccable was conducting operations in international waters near Hainan Island, a few dozen miles from where the 2001 incident took place. Five Chinese boats approached, the sailors waving Chinese flags and shouting at Impeccable to leave the area. Impeccable turned fire hoses on one boat, but the crew stripped to their underwear and continued their harassment. Probably the Chinese thought a show of national self-assertion wouldn't ...
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