UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
April 1, 2001: US-Chinese Planes Collide
April 4, 2001
"FM Spokesman Gives Full Account of Air Collision, " People's Daily (China)
"U.S. Plane Grossly Violated International Law," People's Daily (China)
"Jiang: U.S. Should Apologize to Chinese," Xinhua News Agency (China)
"Text of Powell's China Statement," Associated Press
April 5, 2001
"China Demands Official Apology from U.S.," Xinhua News Agency (China)
April 5, 2001 Q&A by the President at American Society of Newspaper Editors Annual Convention, The White House Office of the Press Secretary
"Domineering Action and Hegemonic Logic," People's Daily (China)
"US Should Bear Full Responsibility for Plane Collision: Overseas Chinese," People's Daily (China)
"Wife of Missing Chinese Pilot Accuses US of Indifference to Life," People's Daily (China)
"Mexican Public Denounces US Hegemonist Act," People's Daily (China)
"Teachers, Students in Beijing Universities Back China's Solemn Stand," Xinhua News Agency (China)
"China Keeps Protesters in Check," Associated Press
"Chinese Infuriated by U.S. Hegemony," Xinhua News Agency (China)
"U.S. In Right Over Chinese Plane Drama: Yanai," Japan Times
"US Warned Not to Escalate Tension," China Daily
"The Spy-Plane Standoff: Lots of Sound, but Less Fury," Business Week Online
April 6, 2001
"U.S. and China's Competing Claim," Associated Press
April 11, 2001
"U.S. Ambassador Prueher's Letter to Chinese Foreign Minister Tang," U.S. Embassy in Beijing
"This Face Saving Deal Must Lead to Real Dialogue Between the US and China," The Independent (London)
April 12, 2001
"Bush gov't in for more trying times in Asia," Business World (Philippines)
"America and China Ought to Split the Difference," column, International Herald Tribune (France)
"How to Start a Cold War," Far Eastern Economic Review
"Tempers Over China Cooling, but a Cloud Remains on Capitol Hill," New York Times
President Bush on China after Spy Plane Incident: Different Values, Common Interests
April 13, 2001
"World welcomes US-China deal, but opinions vary about who won standoff," summary of editorials, Associated Press
"Beijing Acted In Its Long Term Interests," column, Straits Times (Singapore)
"With Crew in U.S., Bush Blames China for Collision," New York Times
"Beijing Declares Victory but Chat Rooms Are Skeptical," New York Times
April 14, 2001
"U.S. Tape Is Said to Show Reckless Flying by Chinese," New York Times
April 15, 2001
"No reason to apologise to China: US pilot," Channel NewsAsia
April 16, 2001
"Organisers of long-running mainland fair breathe sigh of relief at end to stand-off over crew," South China Morning Post
"Heroes in US, a martyr in China," The Straits Time (Singapore)
" Freedom of US spy plane crew," The Independent (Bangladesh)
April 18, 2001
"Hong Kong's last Governor Patten warns against hawkish US policy on China," RTHK
" The collision -- Whose fault is it?," The Straits Times (Singapore)
April 19, 2001
"Pilot Wang Wei Awarded "Chinese Youth May Fourth Medal," People's Daily
April 23, 2001
"Remarks of Yang Jiechi, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, at the U.S.-China Policy Foundation Luncheon (Excerpt)," National Press Club, Washington D.C.
April 25, 2001
"Wang Wei--Guardian of Territorial Airspace and Waters," People's Daily
May 2, 2001
"Expert Team Lands in China to Study Plane," Associated Press
May 8, 2001
"U.S. Resumes Its Spy Flights Close to China," New York Times
"Chinese Foreign Ministry Says the US Plane May Not Fly Out," Chinese Foreign Ministry
May 10, 2001
"China Said to Fear Reaction if Plane Is Released," New York Times
"Diplomacy of The Dollar," Far Eastern Economic Review
Editorial Comments
The Guardian (London, April 5, 2001)
The Korea Herald (Seoul, April 6, 2001)
The Indian Express (New Delhi, April 6, 2001)
The Independent (London, April 6, 2001)
The Business Times (Singapore, April 13, 2001)
Straits Times (Singapore, April 14, 2001)
