China lodged a formal protest regarding alleged harassment from a New Zealand P-8A anti-submarine aircraft operating near its coastline. Beijing stated that the maneuvers jeopardized commercial flight safety and undermined its national security interests.

China has lodged a protest with New Zealand about the activities of a military aircraft near its coast, suggesting it had put commercial airlines at risk. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Friday that a P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft had “conducted continuous close-in reconnaissance and harassment in the airspace and waters of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea”. He said such actions undermined China’s security interests, heightened the risks of misunderstandings and...