https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/us-declassifies-intercept-china-harassment?

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has expressed concerns over multiple interceptions of US and allied aircraft by Chinese officials in international airspace that it deemed unsafe.  

Ely Ratner, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, described these incidents as part of a “centralized and concerted campaign” to change US operational activities in the region.  

“Since the fall of 2021, we have seen more than 180 such incidents: More in the past two years than in the decade before that,” Ratner said. “The skill and professionalism of American service members should not be the only thing standing between PLA fighter pilots and a dangerous, even fatal, accident.”