U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice In China To Prepare For Obama Visit. Trade Barbs With Chinese Officials Over Jet Intercepts

U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice (L), shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing September 9, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Andy Wong/Pool

U.S., China Security Leaders Trade Barbs Over Jet Maneuvers -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Top U.S. and China security officials traded accusations this week over what the United States said was China's intercept of a U.S. Navy patrol plane near the southern island province of Hainan.

U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice, on a three-day visit to Beijing, told several senior Chinese officials that China must halt the "dangerous intercepts", senior Obama administration officials said.

General Fan Changlong, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, called on the U.S. to "reduce and ultimately cease naval and aerial reconnaissance activities near China", according to the official Xinhua news agency.

The row began in August when Washington complained that a Chinese military aircraft had launched a risky intercept of a U.S. Navy patrol plane in international air space. The Chinese pilot flew a few yards from the U.S. plane and performed acrobatic maneuvers around it, the Pentagon said.

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More News On U.S. - China Different Opinions On Jet Intercepts

China asks U.S. to curtail surveillance -- UPI
US and China Discuss Avoiding Military Incidents -- Military.com/AP
U.S., China working to avoid miscalculation in military confrontation -- Global Post/Yonhap News Agency
China Asks US to End Close-Up Aerial and Naval Surveillance -- NYT
China calls on U.S. to stop military surveillance flights -- Kyodo News Agency
Rice says China, US should avoid close calls between militaries -- FOX News
National Security Adviser Urges More US-China Military Cooperation -- VOA

Update: US Navy chief: Surveillance will continue -- ECNS