Let's now look at Chinese media reactions to the two US bombers that flew into China's new "Air Defense Identification Zone" over the East China Sea on Wednesday.
On the People’s Daily website, experts say the move from the U.S. side served four purposes. They were: to test China’s reaction, show off its power to allies, reassert its role in the Asia-Pacific region, and prevent Chinese counter measures to its patrols in the area.
On its end, Beijing Times says that U.S. had showed its double standards on the issue. It criticizes the US and its allies for saying their own air defense zones are for peaceful purposes, while another country’s could lead to unpredictable outcomes.
Global Times says the U.S. has sent a negative signal to its allies, which will impact stability in the region and escalate tensions. South China Morning Post cites an international expert at University of Hong Kong, who says that "it will be a process of probing and testing from both sides.
Eventually China and the U.S. will come to a tacit understanding...," going on to say that "China will never abolish the zone, as it has the legal ground to have it and that other countries will have to accept it as a political reality."
