Over the waters of the South China and East China seas, American B-52s.

The Pentagon declares its right to such flights, and the leadership of the PRC demands immediately to stop such provocations. The appearance of combat aircraft in close proximity to the Chinese borders, which happened the night before, was called in the US Defense Ministry "planned departure flights". The bombers were accompanied by Japanese fighters, and this entire operation is part of the "long presence of American bombers in the region," explained the official spokesman Dave Eastburn. According to him, the flights were carried out in accordance with all legal norms. B-52 made maneuvers over international waters in the South China Sea, and therefore did not infringe on anyone's interests. However, such flights, which recently occur regularly, cause nervousness and anxiety in Beijing, South China Morning Post reported. In June, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the US military presence is aimed at forcing Beijing to abandon claims on the territory of the South China Sea. However, such steps, he said, can not prevent China from defending its possessions. It is a question of disputed islands, which are claimed by a number of countries in South-East Asia. The leadership of the Celestial Empire strongly condemns the actions of the US military and calls on Washington to cooperate in the field of security. Relations between the two countries with the largest economies in the world deteriorated against the backdrop of a trade war. It comes from the beginning of this year and is expressed in the mutual increase of duties on various groups of goods. The reason for the trade dispute was the complaint of the White House on too large a deficit in the bilateral trade balance. It is expected that due to losses in the trade war by the end of the year, China's GDP will grow by only 6.6%, which will be the lowest since 1990. One of the manifestations of the crisis in relations is the intensification of the military confrontation.

On the eve of the Chinese border guards did not allow the American warship to enter the port of Hong Kong. Before that, the United States imposed sanctions against the Department of Training and Supply of the Central Military Commission of the PRC and its leader Li Shanfu for the purchase of Russian weapons. In response, Beijing expressed its "extreme outrage", as the procurement contract was concluded in 2014, when the American law on sanctions was not yet adopted.