China: Russia joint air patrol didn't target 3rd country

China said on Wednesday that its joint air patrol mission with Russia did t target any third country.

It was responding to a complaint by South Korea after military aircraft of China and Russia entered South Korean Air Defense Identification Zone without tice.

Russian and Chinese bombers flew a joint patrol mission over Western Pacific on Tuesday in a show of increasingly close military ties between Moscow and Beijing.

Russian military said that a pair of its Tu-95 strategic bombers and four Chinese H-6K bombers flew over Sea of Japan and East China Sea.

" Air Defense Identification Zone is t an air, where all countries enjoy freedom of overflight in accordance with international law," said Zhao Lijian, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry.

During this training, Chinese and Russian military aircraft strictly abided by relevant provisions of international law and did t enter air of or countries.

At Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing in Beijing on Wednesday, Zhao criticized warning visory from Trump ministration over Chinese data services and equipment as out of  "Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice".

Department of Homeland Security warned U.S. firms against using data services and equipment from firms linked to China because of cyber security and or risks.

visory said US networks and data have been exposed to cyber threats from China which give Chinese firms an unfair competitive vant and put U.S. ecomy and businesses at direct risk for exploitation.

"Containment and suppression will t stop China's development and growth," said Zhao.

It will only dam mutual trust and cooperation between China and US and intensify contrictions and frictions between two.

Zhao also denied report of a Chinese-Australian writer being tortured during his dention in China.

Yang Hengjun, who was taen into custody in January last year, has told family he h been tortured during almost two years in detention in China but maintains confidence he will receive justice in court.

55-year-old spy velist and pro-democracy blogger was formally charged with espion in October, opening a path to him standing trial.

"Various legal rights of Yang Jun (also kwn as Yang Hengjun) are fully guaranteed according to law," said Zhao.

re is such thing as torture or mistreatment.

(IM CREDITS:AP)