Vagaries of The People’s Liberation Memory
Responding to U.S. allegations that on 21 December 2022, a USAF RC-135 tanker operating over contested waters of the South China Sea was forced to take evasive action after being set upon and harassed by a People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLAN) J-11, Mr. Tian Junli, a spokesman for China’s Southern Theater Command, set forth that the United States had misled the public about the incident.