China has accused US officials of making irresponsible comments about the spy plane air crash.

President George W Bush says the US spy plane crew did nothing to cause the crash with a Chinese plane.

The crew of the US spy plane have received a hero's welcome after finally landing on home soil.

The plane carrying the 24 crew members of the US EP-3 spy plane has left the island of Guam for Hawaii.

The crew of the US spy plane, held in China for 12 days, is back on American territory.

Chinese people have reacted angrily to the decision to release the crew of the US spy plane that collided with a Chinese jet fighter.

George W Bush says plans are under way to bring home the crew of the US spy plane from China.

The letter written by the White House from US Ambassador Joseph W. Prueher to Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Tang has been released in full.

Chinese state media is reporting members of the US air crew who were held after their spy plane ditched are to be released.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin has said he trusts in the ability of his country and the US to end their dispute over the spy plane collision.

China is stepping up its search for the pilot of a jet missing since the collision with a US spy plane.

China is preparing to carry out a small underground nuclear test, according to sources in Washington.

China's top military newspaper has said Beijing is entitled to "investigate thoroughly" the detained crew of a US naval spy plane.

China's top military newspaper has defended the Beijing government after it admitted questioning the 24-strong American air crew.

The Dalai Lama has told the US and China to 'cool down' and resolve the stand-off over last week's spy plane crash.

China says that American expressions of regret over the apparent death of one of its jet fighter pilots are unacceptable.

US diplomats are awaiting a third meeting with members of the spy plane's crew stranded on Hainan island.

One of the Chinese pilots involved in the spy plane dispute has blamed the US aircraft for the crash.

The 24 Americans being held by the Chinese military are in good health and good spirits, says US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

The meeting between US diplomats and the crew of the downed spy plane is now under way after being delayed for hours, according to a senior White House official.

US diplomats planned meeting with the captured spy plane’s crew on a Chinese island was delayed without explanation today.

The US Embassy in China says a planned meeting with the crew of the spy plane has been delayed without explanation.

US diplomats are to meet again with the crew of a spy plane marooned on a Chinese island.

George Bush has said he 'regrets' the loss of a Chinese pilot - but stopped short of an apology over the spy plane row.

The stand-off between the US and China over a downed spy plane showed signs of easing today after President George W Bush revealed that officials were ‘‘working all diplomatic channels’’.

The US stand-off with China over the captured spy plane shows signs of easing.

US and Chinese diplomats are ‘‘heavily engaged’’ in talks to resolve the dispute over the US Navy spy plane, the White House says.

The US president could exploit the US spy plane stand-off in China to justify the contentious Son of Star Wars missile defence shield, a leading British Labour MP warned today.

The Chinese fighter pilot who collided with a US spy plane had challenged the American plane on previous occasions, a US senator claimed today.

Members of the US spy plane crew stranded on Hainan island are facing criminal charges.

The collision that started the spy plane crisis in China occurred after a Chinese F-8 interceptor flew directly below the US aircraft.

Members of the US spy plane crew stranded on Hainan island are facing criminal charges.

China has welcomed the expression of regret by US Secretary of State Colin Powell over a Chinese fighter pilot missing after a collision with a US Navy plane.

China says it wants a dignified resolution to the spy plane row with the US "as soon as possible".

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has expressed regret over the death of a Chinese pilot when his jet fighter collided with a US spy plane.

US White House officials say the standoff with the Chinese has the greatest chance of resolution if little is said in public.

The US has refused to apologise to the Chinese government for an incident in which a US spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet.

The European Union has urged China and the US to find a quick solution to the spy-plane stand-off, warning delay will only deepen the crisis.

A US-based political scientist whose detention in China has caused a diplomatic uproar in Washington has been formally arrested on spying charges.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin has demanded that Washington apologise for the collision between a US Navy spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet.

George W Bush has urged China to immediately release the US crew members of a damaged navy spy plane.

President George W. Bush tonight called on China to immediately release the American crew members of a damaged navy spy plane, suggesting further delay could undermine relations between the two countries.

US diplomats have met the crew of the downed American spy plane in China.

The US spy plane grounded on Chinese Hainan Island was reportedly collecting information on China's most advanced warship.