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To: gingersreisse who wrote (97134)	4/8/2001 3:54:03 PM
From: quartersawyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

1)China Daily website poll, including the assumption that the EP-3 [suicidally] "rammed" the fighter jet. (Unbelievable) chinadaily.com.cn.net 2) Alleged Taiwan report of common pilot games. chinadaily.com.cn.net ---------------------------------------------------------- In order to better understand our readers' opinions, you are welcome to take part in this poll. Please be noted that you can only submit once. Submission from same email and IP will only be counted once. Thank you. --Editor Your Email Address: (must not be empty) Your Name: (must not be empty) You are living in : US China Other: 1. Do you think US should apologize to China? Yes No no opinion 2. Do you think "US regret" is enough? Yes No no opinion 3. Do you think China should let the EP-3 crew go home before a formal apology from the US? Yes No no opinion 4. Do you think US should continue spy flights towards China? Yes No no opinion 5.Is it acceptable if China sends routine spy flights near California and Seattle? Yes No no opinion 6. If in this case, the US EP-3 was rammed down and the American pilots were missing, while the Chinese pilot landed at a US airport, what do you think the US Government would do? a. demanding a formal apology from China; Yes No no opinion b. releasing the Chinese pilot immediately; Yes No no opinion c. releasing the Chinese pilot after a trial; Yes No no opinion d. demanding a compensation from China; Yes No no opinion e. returning the Chinese plane immediately; Yes No no opinion 7. Do you think China has the rights to inspect the EP-3 plane? Yes No no opinion 8. Do you think the US-China relationship will be damaged because of the incident? Yes No no opinion Your Comments: [see comments] ----------------------------------------------------------- Taiwan Press: EP-3 pilots obsessed with playing aggressive tricks (04/8/2001) The American EP-3 aircraft at the centre of a standoff between China and the US have frequently entered China's air space at its southeastern Taiwan Island to spy on the island, it was reported Sunday. The Chinese-language United Daily News said the recent collision of an EP-3 aircraft and a Chinese fighter plane off the south coast of China has rekindled the memories of mid-air interceptions of US spy planes by Taiwan pilots. "Much of the time EP-3s showed up off southeastern part of the island to gather electronic information when the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology test fired missiles," the paper said, quoting retired air force pilots. It referred to the Chiupeng base in the southern-most Pingtung county, where the Chungshan-designed surface-to-air Tienkung and ship-to-ship Hsiungfeng missiles were test fired. The paper said that initially Taiwan's air force despatched single-seated fighters to drive away the EP-3s but later had to send twin-seat fighters after they found single-seat fighters were sometimes tricked while busy pictures on intruders. One retired military pilot said some EP-3s would play a game of cat-and-mouse with tracing fighters despatched to chase them away. They would sometimes unexpectedly slow down or shut off two of their four turboprop engines, he said. Jet-fighters can stall if they slow their speed dramatically. The pilot said another EP-3 trick was to make a sharp turn. "Maybe the American pilots thought interceptors would immediately fly away when EP-3 made a sharp turn, so they time and again played the tricks," one Taiwan pilot was quoted as saying. He said the ill-fated Chinese pilot who is missing after his jet crashed during the collision last Sunday might have failed to notice a sharp turn by the EP-3, bumped by the US aircraft and crashed into the sea. (Agencies) Copyright 2001 By China Daily Information. All rights reserved.