Such suspicions were sharpened after China declared its new Air Defense Identification Zone, which overlaps Japanese sovereign territory. The US tried to have it both ways: though the Obama administration sent US bombers through the new ADIZ to demonstrate its refusal to recognize China’s move, it also told US commercial airliners to acknowledge the zone and report their flight plans to the Chinese authorities.
中国宣布其新的防空识别区的举动加深了这一质疑。中国的防空识别区与部分日本领土重叠。美国试图持两端：尽管奥巴马政府派遣美国轰炸机进入防空识别区以表明拒绝接受中国的举动，但它同时又通知美国商业航空公司承认防空识别区，向中国当局报告飞行计划。