Via NY Post:
China will return a U.S. drone that its navy seized from international waters earlier this week, despite its claims the U.S. “hyped up” the incident.
Chinese military leaders said they will hand over the underwater research drone a Chinese crew removed from the South China Sea but slammed American leaders for overreacting to the drone’s capture.
“China and the United States have been communicating about this process. It is inappropriate and unhelpful for a resolution that the U.S. has unilaterally hyped up the issue,” said Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Sr. Col. Yang Yujun. “We express regret over that.”