Chinese Ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai in an interview with Adam Horvath, world editor of the Wall Street Journal, on May 29, 2015, warned it was "very surprising to us that the US has overreacted to the situation and is escalating the situation." He cited the recent flight of US military reconnaissance planes in the South China Sea with reporters onboard, which he described as "clearly an attempt to provoke and escalate the situation." Cui Tiankai added "And the US is also making a lot of statements, making false accusations against China and taking sides in the territorial disputes in the region. That will really make the situation in the region less stable. So we are worried about such overreaction from the United States." He reiterated that China's land reclamation in the South China Sea is only on the islands and reefs under its sovereignty, and the facilities being built are mainly for civilian purposes. Dismissing the US excuse of protecting freedom of navigation, he said, "I think the fact is we are more concerned than anybody else about the safety and freedom of navigation in the region, because China is one of the major trading countries in the world. We have such a huge volume of imports and exports going through the South China Sea." "If somebody really wants to see escalation of the tension in the region, then that could be made as excuses for advancing their military deployment, for setting up cold-war type alliances there, and setting up new missile defense systems." Responding to a question about the USA's defense relationships with Australia, the Philippines and other countries in Asia, Cui Tainkai said it "will be most counterproductive and even stupid to have such a policy, such an anti-China policy and try to form military alliances that aim against China."