China voices 'deep concern' to North Korea over plane near-miss

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China has expressed its "deep concern" to North Korea after South Korea said a Chinese airplane had crossed the path of a rocket launched by the isolated state, China's foreign ministry said on Friday. On Thursday, South Korea's defense ministry said a Chinese civilian plane had "passed as the ballistic missile (from North Korea) was in the course of descending". The plane was flying from Toyko's Narita airport to the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang on Tuesday, the ministry had said previously. "On this issue, we have already contacted the North Korean side to convey our deep concern," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a daily news briefing.

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