I'll be as methodical as possible in my responses....
...Okay..maybe not..
Anyway, Giz: I don't think that we should be saying which side is right or wrong. In International issues, there is no absolute 'right' or 'wrong'. Thus is why I really hate listening to all the BS on TV and Radio (Even though it is quite amusing to listen to their misperceptions and propaganda.) Anyway, when a spy plane does fly close to your border, it's common procedure for inteceptors to harass the spy plane until it leaves.
Now, here's the good part.
It took the EP-3 a full 20 min to fly to Hainan Island. In that time, they could've probably reached the Phillipines, instead of China. Hmm...I wonder why they choose to fly to China. Second, they did not issue a mayday call. They just charged into Hainan airport. They did not get Chinese approval to enter Chinese airspace.
THAT is where I think the U.S. breaks international law.
The U.S. should've at least apologized for that....
Again, I will stress that there is no 'right' or 'wrong'. I find it funny how the west always likes to put itself in the "good" guys position against the "evil" east. Overall, the situation was an accident.
However, it was the U.S. that was spying on China. That by itself is not considered "moral". It's like a thief trying to steal from a house. In the process, the thief gets hurt. The U.S. asking for China to apologize or demanding the plane back, is akin to the thief asking the owner to apologize and let him/her go.
Even more appalling however, is that the U.S. on the media constantly tries to justify everything it did. In recent times, this has happened quite often. It seems that the U.S. is never wrong, no matter what it does. Indeed, I believe the media would even try to justify things if, hypothetically, the U.S. charged into a peaceful country and killed all the innocent civillians. In the minds of the American people, the U.S. is always right.
Anyway, Bush also had that little fiasco, in which he denied a treaty signed by Clinton with Canada about reducing Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere. That is a perfect example of the U.S. breaking a promise, and a treaty, and shows the U.S. can't be trusted. Of course, CNN would never cover that story in that aspect. God forbid the United States would break a treaty. God forbid the U.S. might be the "bad" guy in a situation...