But that was all a mistake. Don't you remember?
Accidents always happen in war. Especially in weird purposeless wars like Clinton's "Wag the Dog" Balkans nonsense. Also, I don't remember the Chi-Comms being all that upset about it. They certainly didn't do anything about the incident except issue sternly worded statements and other blather.
I heard a rumor that the Chinese bought the wrecked Stealth fighter, and we bombed Chinese embassy to destroy it.