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Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2021 shows a J-10C fighter jet during the air Show 2021 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.
Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2021 shows a J-10C fighter jet during the air Show 2021 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.

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  • A Chinese jet released flares close to an Australian military helicopter.
  • This intercept is not the first 'unsafe and unprofessional' incident involving Chinese aircraft.
  • China routinely engages in unsafe intercepts of US and allied aircraft.

The Australian government said Monday that a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force fighter jet released flares dangerously close to an Australian Defence Force helicopter over the weekend.

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A Chinese fighter jet popped flares in the path of an Australian military helic…