"What is truly amazing about this tweet, was the soon-to-be US president completely misrepresented what had actually happened - that is more dangerous than funny," an editorial in the state-owned China Daily newspaper said. In a previous tweet, he had called China's move an "unpresidented (sic) act", with the misspelled word going viral - to much ridicule - before he corrected it. On Sunday, after Beijing and Washington announced the drone would be returned, Mr Trump tweeted: "We should tell China that we don't want the drone they stole back - let them keep it!" The US said the device was collecting information on water temperatures, salinity and sea clarity. It also said it "strongly opposed" US reconnaissance activities and had asked Washington to stop them. They were commenting on Mr Trump's response to Beijing's seizure of a US maritime probe in international waters, a move which raised already heightened tensions between the world's two largest military powers.Ī Chinese naval vessel "unlawfully" grabbed the unmanned underwater vehicle in the South China Sea around 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay in the Philippines, the Pentagon said on Friday.Ĭhina said the drone had been snatched since it might pose a safety hazard to other vessels. Chinese state media said Monday US President-elect Donald Trump's diplomatic inexperience could spark a confrontation between the two nations, while one newspaper termed him unfit to lead a superpower.
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