Memory, The Battle Plane Incident of Maritime Force Between PRC and USA in the South China Sea, April 2001

Resumen

The Battle Plane Crash Incident between the J-8II jet of P.R.C. and the EP-3E ARIES II spy aircraft of U.S.A. on April 1, 2001 attracted worldwide media and public attention. The collision was happened on the South China Sea, where is one of the tremendous strategic important area for many countries. And the location of the Incident is very close to the Hainan Island, P.R.C. In this article, we would like to repeat the reports about the collision of the Chinese media, U.S. media, and other important international media, to analysis the difference report of each part and to compare the specifications of each plane, for trying to know what really happened. And we also do a breve investigation about the concept and interpret of Exclusive Economic Zone and Air Defense Identification Zone under the International Law and Rules, to analyze if it is illegal the activity which the U.S. EP-3E spy plane did on the South China Sea on that day.