Chinese military says 'warned' U.S. warship to leave South China Sea
The Hindu
Chinese military said today that it warned a U.S. warship to “leave” waters in the disputed South China Sea, a claim which was denied by the American military.
The Chinese military said it warned a U.S. warship to "leave" waters in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday, a claim swiftly denied as "false" by American forces.
China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea — a strategic waterway through which trillions of dollars in trade pass annually — despite an international court ruling that the assertion has no legal basis.
The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei all have overlapping claims in the sea, while the United States sends naval vessels through it to assert freedom of navigation in international waters.
The Southern Theater Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) said the USS Milius, a guided missile destroyer, on Thursday entered waters around the Paracel Islands, which are also claimed by Vietnam.
The PLA "organised sea and air forces to track and monitor (the ship) in accordance with the law" and "warned it to leave", spokesman Tian Junli said.
The vessel "made an illegal incursion into Chinese territorial waters... without permission from the Chinese government, harming peace and stability" in the region, he said.
The U.S. military denied the claims, telling AFP that "the PRC's statement is false", using the acronym for the People's Republic of China.
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