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China Says U.S. 'Hyping Up' Drone Issue Not Conducive To Resolution
The oceanographic survey ship, USNS Bowditch, is shown September 20, 2002, which deployed an underwater drone seized by a Chinese Navy warship in international waters in South China Sea, December 16, 2016. | PHOTO: Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS
December 18th, 2016 | 12:51 PM | 1344 views
BEIJING
China's Defence Ministry said on Saturday it had been in touch with the United States about returning an underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea, but the U.S.'s "hyping up" of the issue was not conducive to a resolution.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)
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