Chinese pilot performed ‘aggressive maneuver’ near US plane, military says

The incident is the latest in a season of heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing this year

A Chinese fighter pilot performed an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver" near an American surveillance aircraft operating over the South China Sea last week, according to US military.

The incident - which the Pentagon says is part of a pattern of behavior by China - comes at a time of already heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over issues including Taiwan and an alleged Chinese spy balloon that was shot down after traversing the United States earlier this year.