China's Harbin guided-missile destroyer, left, and the Sovremenny-class Ningbo destroyer. AP
Business Insider: Senior Chinese military officer calls for attacks on US ships in the South China Sea
* A Chinese military officer who spoke at a conference in Beijing on Saturday urged the Chinese navy to use force to counter US activities in the South China Sea.
* The People's Liberation Army Air Force senior colonel argued that the Chinese navy should ram US Navy warships that try to conduct freedom-of-navigation operations in "Chinese waters" in the South China Sea, Taiwan News reported.
* Such an aggressive action would certainly constitute an escalation after an incident in September in which a Chinese navy destroyer nearly collided with a US warship in the South China Sea.
The South China Sea is a powder keg, and one Chinese military officer and expert seems interested in lighting the fuse.
Dai Xu, a People's Liberation Army Air Force senior colonel and the president of China's Institute of Marine Safety and Cooperation, suggested at a conference in Beijing on Saturday that the Chinese navy should use force to counter US freedom-of-navigation operations in the South China Sea, Taiwan News reported.
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Update: Chinese General Says Military Should Use Force Against U.S. Ships in South China Sea -- Newsweek
WNU Editor: This Chinese military official is also advocating the forceful seizure of Taiwan .... Chinese military official: ‘We should be ready to take over Taiwan’ (News.com.au)
