The Chinese pilot probably has himself to blame for the crash and his subsequent death. I have gotten this opinion from experienced pilots. The reasons are as follows.
The Chinese plane was a high performance fighter. They are designed to go very, very fast. In order to pace the US plane, he had to fly -for him- very slow. High speed planes are not very stable at low speeds and the US plane ( a four-engine prop job) is not a speedy plane at the best of times. Add to this that Chinese pilots only get about half the flight time that US pilots get and factor in the turbulence created by those four props and you can see the makings of a disaster.
And that is probably what happened. He got too close at too low a speed and the turbulence caused him to lose control for a second. That's all it took.
As I said , this is the opinion of several experienced pilots including at least one former fighter pilot.
I hope they get it setled soon. I've already bought the tickets for a trip to Beijing in June and they aren't refundable. Oh well...

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