China reiterates spy plane cannot fly back to U.S.

BEIJING (AFX-ASIA) - China reiterated that the U.S. Navy EP-3 aircraft stranded on Hainan island cannot fly back to the U.S.	    "The Chinese side has several times stated clearly in relevant Sino-US negotiations that it is impossible for the U.S. EP-3 plane to fly back to the U.S. from Hainan Island," Xinhua news agency quoted foreign ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi as saying.	    Sun was responding to comments by U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield in which he expressed hopes the plane could be repaired at the Chinese base and flown back to the U.S. 

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