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BEIJING =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D The Pentagon on Saturday said that Beijing=
had agreed to return an underwater drone seized by China in international =
waters, an indication that the two countries were moving to resolve an unus=
ual incident that risked sharpening tensions in the run-up to the inaugurat=
ion of President-elect Donald J. Trump. "Through direct engagement with Chi=
nese authorities, we have secured an understanding that the Chinese will re=
turn the U.U.V. to the United States," said Peter Cook, the Pentagon press =
secretary, using initials to refer to the Navy's unmanned underwater vehicl=
e. Mr. Cook said the deal had been reached after the United States "registe=
red our objection to China's unlawful seizure of a U.S. unmanned underwater=
vehicle operating in international waters in the South China Sea." The Chi=
nese authorities told American officials that they planned to return the dr=
one, but the two sides were still working out where, when and precisely how=
the device would be handed back, said
two Defense Department officials, both of whom would talk about the negotia=
tions with China only on the condition of anonymity. One of the officials s=
aid the Pentagon expected the matter to be resolved in the coming days with=
out further acrimony. Continue reading the main story Related Coverage U.S.=
Demands Return of Drone Seized by Chinese Warship DEC. 16, 2016 China Sugg=
ests It Has Placed Weapons on Disputed Spratly Islands in South China Sea D=
EC. 15, 2016 Xi Again Defends China's Claim to South China Sea Islands NOV.=
7, 2015 NEWS ANALYSIS White House Moves to Reassure Allies With South Chin=
a Sea Patrol, but Quietly OCT. 27, 2015 ADVERTISEMENT Continue reading the =
main story The Pentagon statement came hours after China warned that the hi=
ghly charged episode would not be resolved easily. In a statement late Satu=
rday, the Chinese Defense Ministry said it was in talks with the United Sta=
tes but criticized Washington for what it called an "inappropriate" exagger=
ation of the
dispute. The American reaction, it said, is "not conducive to solving the p=
roblem smoothly." "We hereby express regrets for that," it said. Although t=
he ministry said the drone would be returned to the United States in a "pro=
per way," the statement stopped short of saying when or how the device, whi=
ch Chinese and American analysts say was most likely used to gather intelli=
gence about Chinese submarine activity in contested waters, would be return=
ed, or if it would be handed back intact. President-elect Donald J. Trump e=
ntered the fray Saturday morning, accusing China on Twitter of acting impro=
perly. "China steals United States Navy research drone in international wat=
ers =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D rips it out of water and takes it to China in =
unprecedented act," he said. The overseas edition of The People's Daily, th=
e Communist Party's flagship newspaper, said on its social media account Sa=
turday night that the Chinese capture of the drone was legal because rules =
about drone activities had not been
clearly written. "This is the gray area," the newspaper said. "If the U.S. =
military can send the drone, surely China can seize it." In its statement, =
the Defense Ministry scolded the United States over what it called its long=
standing practice of conducting "close-in reconnaissance and military surve=
ys" in waters claimed by China. The Chinese government has often complained=
to senior American officials, including President Obama, that the United S=
tates repeatedly intrudes by air and ship into waters close to China. The m=
inistry's statement reiterated the complaint, saying "China firmly opposes =
it and urges the U.S. side to stop such operations." A Chinese naval vessel=
seized the drone, which had been launched on Thursday from an American shi=
p, the Bowditch, in waters off the Philippines. The American crew was in th=
e process of retrieving the device when a small boat dispatched from the Ch=
inese vessel took it as the American sailors looked on. CHINA TAIWAN VIETNA=
M Hong Kong
Gulf of Tonkin Hainan The "Nine Dash Line" China's historical territorial c=
laim PHILIPPINES Paracel Islands LAOS THAILAND Scarborough Shoal Subic Bay =
Approximate site of incident Manila CAMBODIA Spratly Islands South China Se=
a Sulu Sea 300 Miles By The New York Times The action came two weeks after =
Mr. Trump angered Beijing by speaking by phone to the leader of Taiwan, and=
almost a week after he criticized China for building military bastions in =
the South China Sea. American officials were trying to determine whether th=
e seizure was a response to Mr. Trump or whether it was just one more escal=
atory step in China's long-term plan to try to push the United States Navy =
out of the South China Sea, one of the world's busiest commercial and milit=
ary waterways. The Pentagon formally protested the capture of the drone, sa=
ying it was stolen American military property. The Pentagon said the drone =
had been carrying out scientific research, and asked China to return it. Am=
erican experts,
however, said the drone might have been designed to help follow China's sub=
marine buildup, a critical part of the country's growing naval strength as =
it seeks unfettered control of the South China Sea and unimpeded access to =
the Pacific and Indian oceans. A retired Chinese rear admiral, Yang Yi, spe=
aking earlier at a conference sponsored by a state-run newspaper, The Globa=
l Times, said the Americans had invited the Chinese sailors to take the dro=
ne by sailing in the waters close to the Scarborough Shoal, fishing grounds=
that are claimed by China and the Philippines. The Americans "deliver thes=
e things to our home," and it would be more than natural for Chinese sailor=
s to seize the drone and examine it, Admiral Yang said. "If Trump and the A=
merican government dare to take actions to challenge the bottom line of Chi=
na's policy and core interests," he said, "we must drop any expectations ab=
out him and give him a bloody nose." Reached by telephone, the president of=
a
state-affiliated think tank, Wu Shicun, said the United States had most lik=
ely been conducting intelligence reconnaissance to detect Chinese submarine=
routes in the South China Sea. Mr. Wu, who heads the National Institute fo=
r South China Sea Studies and advises the government on maritime matters, d=
escribed the drone "as a new way for the United States to conduct intellige=
nce gathering." "Previously the United States conducted surveillance with w=
arships in the nearby waters of China, or by aircraft," he said. "Now the u=
nmanned underwater vehicle is a new approach." The Chinese were justified i=
n taking the unmanned underwater vehicle, he said. The episode occurred in =
seas about 50 miles northwest of Subic Bay, a major port of the Philippines=
and a former United States Navy base, the Pentagon said. That means the Bo=
wditch was within 200 miles of Scarborough Shoal, American analysts said. T=
he American vessel appeared to be outside the perimeter of the "nine-dash l=
ine," said Mira
Rapp-Hooper, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Chi=
na drew the line in the late 1940s as it laid claim to about 90 percent of =
the South China Sea. "China has no legal basis to take actions like these o=
n the high seas, but doing so outside Beijing's ambiguous claim line is par=
ticularly egregious and will make the incident especially hard to justify,"=
Ms. Rapp-Hooper said. The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, w=
ho is nurturing warm ties with China and has warned he may break longstandi=
ng military relations with the United States, took a conciliatory approach =
over the Chinese action. "I will not impose anything on China," he said at =
a news conference in Manila on Saturday. "Why? Because politics in Southeas=
t Asia is changing." This was a reference to his tilt away from the United =
States, a treaty ally, since taking office in June. He referred to China as=
"the kindest soul of all." Photo The drone was seized by Chinese sailors o=
ff the
Philippines. Credit Cmdr Santiago Carrizosa/United States Navy The Philippi=
nes also took a forgiving attitude after the release of satellite images on=
Wednesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies that appea=
red to show that China has installed weapons on the seven artificial island=
s it has built in the Spratly archipelago, not far from the Philippines in =
the South China Sea. "There is nothing that we can do about that now, wheth=
er or not it is being done for purposes of further militarizing these facil=
ities that they have put up," the foreign secretary, Perfecto Yasay Jr., sa=
id, reflecting the weak state of the Philippines military. "We cannot stop =
China at this point in time and say, 'Do not put that up.' " By seizing the=
drone so close to the Philippines, China may have been trying to further w=
eaken the already frayed United States alliance with Manila, American exper=
ts said. The conciliatory reaction by the Philippines, even as the United S=
tates was
making stern demands on Beijing, would complicate Washington's efforts to c=
onvince China that its actions were unacceptable, a senior American militar=
y official said on Saturday. In an important ruling in July, an internation=
al tribunal in The Hague decided against China, saying that the Scarborough=
Shoal was entitled only to a 12-mile territorial zone, not 200 miles as th=
e Chinese assert. China has refused to recognize the ruling. Mr. Duterte on=
Saturday said he was ignoring the Hague ruling even though the case had be=
en brought by the previous Philippines government. "In the play of politics=
now, I will set aside the arbitral ruling," he said. The drone incident, a=
ccording to a Pentagon account, began when a Chinese Navy vessel that was s=
hadowing the Bowditch =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D a common practice in the Sou=
th China Sea =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D pulled up not far from the ship. It t=
hen dispatched a small boat to seize the drone as the American crew was rec=
overing it from the water. The Pentagon described the vehicle
as an unclassified "ocean glider" system used to gather military oceanograp=
hic data such as salinity, water temperature and sound speed.
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story The Pentagon statement came hours after China warned that the highly =
charged episode would not be resolved easily. In a statement late Saturday,=
the Chinese Defense Ministry said it was in talks with the United States b=
ut criticized Washington for what it called an "inappropriate" ex=
aggeration of the dispute. The American reaction, it said, is "not con=
ducive to solving the problem smoothly." "We hereby express regre=
ts for that," it said. Although the ministry said the drone would be r=
eturned to the United States in a "proper way," the statement sto=
pped short of saying when or how the device, which Chinese and American ana=
lysts say was most likely used to gather intelligence about Chinese submari=
ne activity in contested waters, would be returned, or if it would be hande=
d back intact. President-elect Donald J. Trump entered the fray Saturday mo=
rning, accusing China on Twitter of acting improperly. "China steals U=
nited States Navy research drone in international waters â?? rips it =
out of water and takes it to China in unprecedented act," he said. The=
overseas edition of The People's Daily, the Communist Party's flagship new=
spaper, said on its social media account Saturday night that the Chinese ca=
pture of the drone was legal because rules about drone activities had not b=
een clearly written. "This is the gray area," the newspaper said.=
"If the U.S. military can send the drone, surely China can seize it.&=
quot; In its statement, the Defense Ministry scolded the United States over=
what it called its longstanding practice of conducting "close-in reco=
nnaissance and military surveys" in waters claimed by China. The Chine=
se government has often complained to senior American officials, including =
President Obama, that the United States repeatedly intrudes by air and ship=
into waters close to China. The ministry's statement reiterated the compla=
int, saying "China firmly opposes it and urges the U.S. side to stop s=
uch operations." A Chinese naval vessel seized the drone, which had be=
en launched on Thursday from an American ship, the Bowditch, in waters off =
the Philippines. The American crew was in the process of retrieving the dev=
ice when a small boat dispatched from the Chinese vessel took it as the Ame=
rican sailors looked on. CHINA TAIWAN VIETNAM Hong Kong Gulf of Tonkin Hain=
an The "Nine Dash Line" China's historical territorial claim PHIL=
IPPINES Paracel Islands LAOS THAILAND Scarborough Shoal Subic Bay Approxima=
te site of incident Manila CAMBODIA Spratly Islands South China Sea Sulu Se=
a 300 Miles By The New York Times The action came two weeks after Mr. Trump=
angered Beijing by speaking by phone to the leader of Taiwan, and almost a=
week after he criticized China for building military bastions in the South=
China Sea. American officials were trying to determine whether the seizure=
was a response to Mr. Trump or whether it was just one more escalatory ste=
p in China's long-term plan to try to push the United States Navy out of th=
e South China Sea, one of the world's busiest commercial and military water=
ways. The Pentagon formally protested the capture of the drone, saying it w=
as stolen American military property. The Pentagon said the drone had been =
carrying out scientific research, and asked China to return it. American ex=
perts, however, said the drone might have been designed to help follow Chin=
a's submarine buildup, a critical part of the country's growing naval stren=
gth as it seeks unfettered control of the South China Sea and unimpeded acc=
ess to the Pacific and Indian oceans. A retired Chinese rear admiral, Yang =
Yi, speaking earlier at a conference sponsored by a state-run newspaper, Th=
e Global Times, said the Americans had invited the Chinese sailors to take =
the drone by sailing in the waters close to the Scarborough Shoal, fishing =
grounds that are claimed by China and the Philippines. The Americans "=
deliver these things to our home," and it would be more than natural f=
or Chinese sailors to seize the drone and examine it, Admiral Yang said. &q=
uot;If Trump and the American government dare to take actions to challenge =
the bottom line of China's policy and core interests," he said, "=
we must drop any expectations about him and give him a bloody nose." R=
eached by telephone, the president of a state-affiliated think tank, Wu Shi=
cun, said the United States had most likely been conducting intelligence re=
connaissance to detect Chinese submarine routes in the South China Sea. Mr.=
Wu, who heads the National Institute for South China Sea Studies and advis=
es the government on maritime matters, described the drone "as a new w=
ay for the United States to conduct intelligence gathering." "Pre=
viously the United States conducted surveillance with warships in the nearb=
y waters of China, or by aircraft," he said. "Now the unmanned un=
derwater vehicle is a new approach." The Chinese were justified in tak=
ing the unmanned underwater vehicle, he said. The episode occurred in seas =
about 50 miles northwest of Subic Bay, a major port of the Philippines and =
a former United States Navy base, the Pentagon said. That means the Bowditc=
h was within 200 miles of Scarborough Shoal, American analysts said. The Am=
erican vessel appeared to be outside the perimeter of the "nine-dash l=
ine," said Mira Rapp-Hooper, a senior fellow at the Center for a New A=
merican Security. China drew the line in the late 1940s as it laid claim to=
about 90 percent of the South China Sea. "China has no legal basis to=
take actions like these on the high seas, but doing so outside Beijing's a=
mbiguous claim line is particularly egregious and will make the incident es=
pecially hard to justify," Ms. Rapp-Hooper said. The president of the =
Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, who is nurturing warm ties with China and has=
warned he may break longstanding military relations with the United States=
, took a conciliatory approach over the Chinese action. "I will not im=
pose anything on China," he said at a news conference in Manila on Sat=
urday. "Why? Because politics in Southeast Asia is changing." Thi=
s was a reference to his tilt away from the United States, a treaty ally, s=
ince taking office in June. He referred to China as "the kindest soul =
of all." Photo The drone was seized by Chinese sailors off the Philipp=
ines. Credit Cmdr Santiago Carrizosa/United States Navy The Philippines als=
o took a forgiving attitude after the release of satellite images on Wednes=
day by the Center for Strategic and International Studies that appeared to =
show that China has installed weapons on the seven artificial islands it ha=
s built in the Spratly archipelago, not far from the Philippines in the Sou=
th China Sea. "There is nothing that we can do about that now, whether=
or not it is being done for purposes of further militarizing these facilit=
ies that they have put up," the foreign secretary, Perfecto Yasay Jr.,=
said, reflecting the weak state of the Philippines military. "We cann=
ot stop China at this point in time and say, 'Do not put that up.' " B=
y seizing the drone so close to the Philippines, China may have been trying=
to further weaken the already frayed United States alliance with Manila, A=
merican experts said. The conciliatory reaction by the Philippines, even as=
the United States was making stern demands on Beijing, would complicate Wa=
shington's efforts to convince China that its actions were unacceptable, a =
senior American military official said on Saturday. In an important ruling =
in July, an international tribunal in The Hague decided against China, sayi=
ng that the Scarborough Shoal was entitled only to a 12-mile territorial zo=
ne, not 200 miles as the Chinese assert. China has refused to recognize the=
ruling. Mr. Duterte on Saturday said he was ignoring the Hague ruling even=
though the case had been brought by the previous Philippines government. &=
quot;In the play of politics now, I will set aside the arbitral ruling,&quo=
t; he said. The drone incident, according to a Pentagon account, began when=
a Chinese Navy vessel that was shadowing the Bowditch â?? a common p=
ractice in the South China Sea â?? pulled up not far from the ship. I=
t then dispatched a small boat to seize the drone as the American crew was =
recovering it from the water. The Pentagon described the vehicle as an uncl=
assified "ocean glider" system used to gather military oceanograp=
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