Chapter 1000
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After arriving at Boss Zhu, Fan Wuxian met several members and members of the Standing Committee, and it was obvious that everyone was now in a state of emergency again.
According to information provided by Boss Zhu, at around 3 p.m., that is, six hours after the plane collision incident, the US Pacific Command issued a brief statement on its website, making the plane collision incident public. The statement demanded that the Chinese Government maintain the integrity of the plane in accordance with international practice, ensure the safety of the crew, and provide convenient conditions for the plane and crew to return to the United States immediately.
The US EP-3 reconnaissance plane was the most advanced electronic reconnaissance aircraft in the world at that time, and it was also the only land-based signal intelligence reconnaissance aircraft in the US Navy. Now that such an intelligence reconnaissance plane has fallen into the hands of the Chinese, the US side is naturally anxious.
In response to the unreasonable attitude of the US side, the Chinese side has made clear its solemn position, and in an official statement, it has warned the US side to face up to the facts, assume its responsibilities, and apologize to the Chinese side.
At the same time, he also pointed out sharply that the behavior of the US reconnaissance plane violated international law and the relevant provisions of Chinese law and constituted an infringement of China's sovereignty and territorial airspace. In accordance with both international and domestic law, China has the right to investigate aircraft that intrude into China's airspace and land at Chinese airports without permission.
The Chinese Government also strongly urges the US side to take seriously China's solemn representations and legitimate demands, and to give an explanation to the Chinese Government and people as soon as possible regarding the US plane's collision with and destruction of the Chinese plane and its violation of China's sovereignty and territorial airspace.
In this way, the eyes of the whole world have once again focused on the two major powers, China and the United States.
"The reaction of the Americans is basically the same as you expected." Boss Zhu said to Fan Wuxian, "But our people have successfully occupied the plane, and the news we just received is that now the crew has been controlled." β
"Where are the crew now?" Fan Wuxian asked.
"Well, it seems that I have been temporarily locked in the cafeteria, and there is no other place to do itβ" replied a military general next to him.
"Are they locked together?" Fan Wuxian asked.
"Yes." The other party replied immediately.
Fan Wuxian immediately suggested, "It's better to lock them up separately to prevent the other party from colluding in confessions, which will be unfavorable for us to collect evidence in the future, lock them up separately, and then mentally intimidate them, make a good record, and then distribute their audio-visual materials through the Internet to enhance our bargaining chips." β
Boss Zhu immediately said, "Handle it like this, Mr. Fan's opinion is very good, we can't think about it so carefully for a while, these are all loopholes!" β
It didn't take long for more specific reports to arrive.
Before the plane made an emergency landing at the Hainan base, the pilots of the US EP-3 reconnaissance plane had already destroyed the flight computer, tactical computer, hard disk drive, and other important equipment on board, and they used hammers to destroy the onboard computer device and hard disk drive, and even spilled coffee on the disk drive and computer, so that the Chinese would not be able to grasp the sensitive information of the EP-3 reconnaissance plane through these devices.
But Americans are still nervous at this time, because most anti-tamper experts believe that adversaries who are interested in reverse engineering will always find a way to crack it eventually.
Tamper proofing is basically a cat-and-mouse game, where both sides learn from each other's mistakes, and both software and hardware can use tamper prevention technology, and sometimes the best way to prevent tamper is to use both hardware and software.
Therefore, they have repeatedly made representations to the Chinese side, demanding that the US reconnaissance plane be released as soon as possible, and at the same time dispatched three aircraft carrier formations to approach the South China Sea in an attempt to exert pressure on the Chinese side.
The Chinese side was very angry about this and immediately responded.
An hour later, the Pentagon nervously discovered that two more Chinese nuclear submarines anchored in the harbor had disappeared, and it was obvious that this was also a manifestation of China's strong dissatisfaction with the US Government's stance on the collision incident.
Probably Bush Jr. has never encountered such a thing, and he has been a little out of step for a while.
The domestic movement was also very rapid, especially after our personnel took control of the US reconnaissance plane in a timely manner, and sent experts to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the damage to the plane.
For example, in order to ensure the absolute safety of China's military bases and the maximum protection of US property, China has the right to dispose of all parts of dangerous goods that the Chinese side believes are potential safety hazards.
In this way, part of the equipment on the aircraft, which was suspected of being at risk, was disassembled and sent for emergency disposal.
The next day, U.S. Ambassador to China Prueher led several diplomats from the U.S. Embassy in China to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for formal representations.
Prueher is a military by training, and before becoming ambassador to China, he was the commander of the Pacific Command of the U.S. military, an admiral. He was appointed ambassador to China by President Clinton the year before last, and he is 60 years old this year. He served in the Navy for 35 years, served as a pilot, and was able to fly more than 50 different types of naval aircraft.
Normally, when meeting on a diplomatic occasion, it is necessary to shake hands and greet a few words before moving on to the topic, so that the two sides can exchange views in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. However, the situation of this meeting was different, and the two sides tacitly understood each other, and their expressions were very serious when they met.
As soon as Prueher took his seat, the Chinese side went straight to the point and told him that China and the United States had two emergency meetings since the plane collision incident, and today the Chinese side wants to make clear to the US side China's solemn stand on the plane collision incident in a more in-depth and comprehensive manner.
The Chinese side said that the US side should bear full responsibility for this incident. The actions of the US plane violated the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and undermined the relevant consensus reached between China and the United States in May last year on avoiding dangerous military operations at sea. This incident was completely caused by the mistake of the US side, and the US side should bear full responsibility and apologize.
Since the incident, the Chinese side has been handling the incident in a calm, restrained and responsible manner, and does not want to see the overall situation of China-US relations affected or damaged as a result. The Chinese side also made proper arrangements for the US crew members out of humanitarian considerations, and arranged for US embassy and consulate personnel to meet with the US crew members.
However, the US side has adopted the opposite attitude and approach. It is clear that the US reconnaissance plane violated international flight rules, collided with and destroyed a Chinese military plane, illegally intruded into China's airspace, and landed at a Chinese airport, thus constituting a serious violation of China's sovereignty and territory and threatening China's national security.
Finally, the Chinese side said that if it wants to release the detainees, the US side must first apologize. The Chinese side attaches importance to Sino-US relations and hopes to see the plane collision incident properly resolved as soon as possible. If the US side admits its mistake and apologizes to the Chinese side, the Chinese side can consider arranging for the US crew to leave China as soon as possible. The US side must fully understand the seriousness of the plane collision incident and refrain from doing anything that may escalate and complicate the situation. China does not want to see the situation escalate, but if the US insists on escalating the situation, China will accompany it to the end. The US side should immediately stop its reconnaissance activities along China's coast, seriously deal with China's repeated representations, seriously deal with the solemn demands of the Chinese people, properly handle this matter in a responsible manner, and take effective measures to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.
After listening attentively to the Chinese representative's speech, Prueher said with a serious expression that President Bush and Secretary of State Powell also hope that this issue can be properly resolved as soon as possible so that US-China relations will not be damaged. At the same time, he also defended that the accident occurred in international airspace, and although the US plane did enter China's airspace later, it did send a distress signal to the Chinese side and request a landing before landing. He even said that based on his years of flying experience, it is difficult to agree with the Chinese side about the cause of the collision, and he cannot take responsibility and apologize to the Chinese side at this time.
He also said that the US side is eager to hope that the Chinese side will allow US personnel to visit the US crew members again, and that the Chinese side release the detained US crew members as soon as possible and hand over the US plane to the US side as soon as possible.
The Chinese side has sternly refuted Prueher's arguments, saying that this incident is not in essence a technical issue, but a serious political and diplomatic issue between China and the United States, and it would be wrong to lead the resolution of this issue to a purely technical dispute. The crew of the US plane involved in the accident are military personnel who illegally entered China, and according to international law and Chinese law, China has every right to investigate them.
Two years ago, the United States bombed the Chinese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and this time it collided with and destroyed a Chinese military plane. For many years, it was the United States that consistently sent planes to China's coast to conduct military reconnaissance activities, while China never sent any planes to the west or east coast of the United States to conduct reconnaissance.
The Chinese representative said to Prueher in a particularly aggravated tone: Our attitude toward the above-mentioned actions of the US side is to oppose and not to be afraid. Facts over the years have proven that the more the US side exerts pressure, the more it will arouse the indignation of the Chinese people. The representative of the Chinese side demanded that Prueher truthfully report to Washington on these representations and what he had learned on the ground in China, and hoped that he would play a constructive role in resolving the issue.
Seeing that the matter could not be handled very simply, US Ambassador to China Prueher thought that if the White House did not come forward and Bush Jr. did not express his position, the matter could not be settled, and he could only play the role of a megaphone here, but could not play a decisive role, so he said that he would report China's request to the US Government as it was, so that the White House could make a correct judgment.
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