Spy Plane Payment Request Never Honored

The spy plane incident that severely strained Sino-U.S. relations in April appears to have ended without Washington paying the money Beijing demanded, a U.S. official said.

China had sought $1 million and rejected a U.S. offer of $34,576.

“We sent them a check for what we thought was reasonable costs, and they didn’t accept it. It’s been three months,” the official said. “It’s done.”

The U.S. spy plane landed in China on April 1 after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet in international airspace. It was dismantled in July and flown back to the U.S.