Chinese Military Jet Intercepts Canadian Forces Plane in Aggressive Encounter

A Chinese J-11 military fighter jet flies above the Taiwan Strait near Pingtan, the closest land of mainland China to the island of Taiwan, in Pingtan in southeastern China's Fujian Province, on Aug. 5, 2022. AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

A Chinese military jet intercepted a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) aircraft on Oct. 16 in international waters off the coast of China.

“The actions of the Chinese military in these circumstances, I think, was unacceptable and put our aircraft and their mission at significant risk,” Defence Minister Bill Blair said in a press conference on Oct. 16.