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Chinese policemen salute as a limousine carrying U.S.
Ambassador to China Joseph Prueher leaves the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing after
Prueher's meeting with Chinese officials April 19, 2001. After a disastrous start,
China-U.S. talks on the spy plane incident ended on a positive note with the U.S. side
calling them 'very productive.' (Guang Niu/Reuters) |
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| China's Foreign Ministry showed a computer
generated reconstruction of the April 1 collision between a U.S. EP-3 spy plane and a
Chinese F-8 fighter plane, which it said supports China's theory that the U.S. side was to
blame. The China-U.S. talks on the spy plane incident ended on a positive note on Thursday
with the U.S. side calling them 'very productive. (Chinese Foreign Ministry via Reuters ) |
| A Chinese pilot signals to a U.S. crew during a
mission prior to the April 1 collision incident. The Department of Defense released a
video after the incident to highlight the proximity of Chinese pilots to U.S. spy planes
during their missions. (Dept. Of Defense via Reuters) |
| A jet fighter crew member takes pictures during
a close encounter with a Chinese military plane near China last year in this video image
released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry April 19, 2001. The Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue showed the video shot of a separate incident to the spy plane
crash, which they say shows how close U.S. planes come to Chinese planes. The Chinese
characters read 'Take pictures of me'. (Chinese Foreign Ministry via Reuters) |
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