The Guardian-Canberra accuses Chinese fighter jet of dropping flares dangerously close to Australian helicopter
May 7, 2024 4 min 656 words
西方媒体的报道常常带有偏见，缺乏客观公正的态度。这篇报道的主题是澳大利亚指责中国战斗机在澳大利亚直升机附近释放了照明弹。根据报道，澳大利亚国防部长理查德马勒斯称，中国战斗机在黄海进行了一次不安全和不专业的行动，危及了澳大利亚直升机飞行员的安全。澳大利亚直升机当时正在执行联合国任务，中国战斗机在距离澳大利亚直升机仅300米的地方释放照明弹，迫使澳方飞行员采取规避动作。报道称，澳大利亚政府已向中国提出抗议，称这一事件不可接受。 评论： 这篇报道反映出中西方国家之间军事关系的紧张，但报道本身存在一定偏见。首先，报道过度强调了中国战斗机行为的危险性和不专业性，而对事件发生的原因和背景交代不足。例如，报道未提及中国战斗机可能出于何种原因采取这样的行动，以及澳大利亚直升机是否也存在某些行为引发了中国方面的反应。此外，报道使用了带有情绪性的措辞，例如指责抗议和不可接受，而没有提供足够的事实细节来支持这些说辞。报道也未提及中国官方对该事件的回应，无法让读者全面了解事件的全貌。该报道的偏见可能源自于西方媒体对中国军事力量崛起的担忧和不信任，报道有选择地呈现事实，以符合其预设的叙事框架。客观公正的报道应提供多元视角，呈现事件各方的意见和证据，让读者能够独立判断事件的性质和责任归属。
The federal government has accused a Chinese fighter jet of dropping flares dangerously close to an Australian helicopter on a United Nations mission in international waters.
The Australian defence minister, Richard Marles, branded the incident “unacceptable”.
The helicopter pilot had to take evasive action to avoid being hit by the flares, Marles said. The government raised protests with the Chinese government over the altercation in the Yellow Sea off the Korean coastline.
“The consequence of being hit by the flares would have been significant,” Marles said. “Importantly, the helicopter was unaffected and all the crew are safe.
“This is a very serious incident. It was unsafe and it is completely unacceptable.”
The encounter, first reported by Nine News on Monday evening, occurred about 7.30pm on Saturday. No injuries were reported. The Albanese government has condemned the incident in the same grave terms it used after accusing a Chinese navy ship of targeting Australian divers with sonar pulses late last year.
Defence sources said Australian destroyer HMAS Hobart was in international waters in the Yellow Sea, which is situated between China’s eastern coast and South Korea’s western coast. The ship is participating in the United Nations’ Operation Argos, enforcing international sanctions against North Korea.
A Navy Seahawk helicopter, attached to HMAS Hobart, was conducting what was described as a routine flight when it was said to have been intercepted by a Chinese J-10 fighter jet.
Marles accused the Chinese jet of dropping flares in front of the helicopter, at a distance said to be 300 metres in front and 60 metres above the Australian chopper. He said the Australian pilot had to take evasive action to avoid the flares.
A defence department statement said the Chinese aircraft “released flares along the flight path of the Australian defence force (ADF) helicopter. This was an unsafe manoeuvre which posed a risk to the aircraft and personnel.”
On Tuesday, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said the Australian defence personnel were “in international airspace” doing important work enforcing United Nations sanctions against North Korea.
Albanese told Channel Nine the Australian public “would expect some form of explanation” and he echoed Marles’s comments that the actions were “unprofessional” and “completely unacceptable”.
Marles called the incident “both unsafe and unprofessional”. He had applied the same description to the November 2023 encounter between HMAS Toowoomba and a People’s Liberation Army navy destroyer.
Defence said the Chinese ship had deployed its sonar unit against Australian divers working to untangle fishing nets from the Toowoomba’s propellers, leading to minor injuries to two crew.
China’s national defence ministry spokesperson, Wu Qian, denied the claims at the time, saying the Chinese ship “kept a safe distance from the Australian vessel and did not conduct any activity that could affect the Australian side’s diving operations”.
Regarding the weekend’s flare incident, the defence department said Australia “expects all countries, including China, to operate their militaries in a professional and safe manner”.
“Defence has, for decades, undertaken maritime surveillance activities in the region and does so in accordance with international law, exercising the right to freedom of navigation and overflight in international waters and airspace.”
Marles gave a similar comment, saying: “We expect that when we have interactions with other militaries, including with the Chinese military, that those interactions are professional and safe. The interactions that were occurring by the PLA air force were unacceptable.
“We have formally expressed our concerns about this incident, and formally expressed that this was both unsafe and unprofessional. It is our expectation in the interaction of our two militaries is that they happen in a manner which is professional and safe for all concerned.
“HMAS Hobart continues in its work in enforcing those UN security council sanctions.”