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With the Navy surveillance plane still remaining on Hainan Island, the situation is clearly not completely resolved. On April 18, American and Chinese officials are scheduled to meet to discuss the potential return of the plane and how to prevent situations like this in the future. The Chinese will inevitably demand that we stop our surveillance flights, but we must not bow to such a demand. Recently, China has continued their buildup of missiles aimed at Taiwan. Moreover, China’s military budget received a large increase in funding this year. Surveillance flights in international waters are completely legal...
TIME.com: How is the Pentagon feeling about the outcome of the Hainan standoff...
...from the U.S. point of view, then, the Hainan incident occurred because an unarmed surveillance plane in international waters was molested by a Chinese fighter. Doesn't this bring up the question of force protection for future flights? Would the U.S. consider sending fighter escorts with future surveillance missions...
...international airspace off the Chinese coast. Fat chance. The U.S. plans not only to resume the flights, but to challenge the Chinese conduct in response to such flights. Don't be surprised if it's some time before the Chinese hand back the U.S. plane that remains at Hainan. Still, both sides will be eager to avoid a recurrence, and after some initial clearing of the air, may move toward developing a series of protocols governing such midair encounters...
...Clearly the competition for the China-sensitive posts in the White House, State Department, National Security Council and Defense Department will intensify. But just as the Hainan incident will inspire GOP hard-liners to take a tougher stand, it will also inspire the pro-engagement moderates to work harder in making their case. The standoff was difficult for them - China was behaving badly and very difficult to defend, and that cowed many engagement advocates into silence. The moderates are determined to avoid such blowups in the future, and ensure that if they do occur the damaged is minimized...