a comparison with Jim Bell's case (Score 1)

International politics are usually very barbaric. Had this happend between two persons, it might be somewhat easier to delt with.

Imaging for a mement, the two sides of this incident are not countries, but two persons, Jim Bell and Jeff Gordon. If Jim Bell leave a listening device (say, a box) on the sidewalk outside of Jeff's house, and Jeff's son tripped on it when he was out riding his bike. Would Jeff deserve an apology from Jim? Would anyone let Jim get away with the argument that the sidewalk is public property?

My interpretation of the events is that the US should bare responsibility for this incident that happened during one of its stalking operations against China.

The defence on the US side is that there is no law preventing US from stalking China. That is right. Why there isn't such a law? Because the US makes the law. In fact, the US is the law of this world.