Daily Mail: China accuses the US of 'invading other countries' territory at will' and 'sailing through the world like a bully' amid escalating South China Sea row as Britain and Japan 'prepare to join Far East military drills'
* China claims most of the disputed South China Sea and has built military bases on reclaimed islands there
* Mike Pompeo yesterday said China's claims were 'unlawful' and accused China of seeking 'maritime empire'
* Beijing hit back today by accusing the US of 'stirring up tension' with a 'completely unjustified' attack
* The South China Sea is home to valuable oil and gas deposits and is a vital commercial waterway
* It is the latest flashpoint in US-China relations after disputes over Huawei, Hong Kong and coronavirus
China today accused the US of 'sailing through the world like a bully' amid an escalating row over the disputed South China Sea.
Hours after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo branded Beijing's claim over the waters as 'completely unlawful', China's embassy in Washington hit back by accusing Donald Trump's administration of 'flexing muscles, stirring up tension and inciting confrontation' with a 'completely unjustified' attack.
Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called the US a 'troublemaker and destroyer of regional peace and stability' after two aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan, were recently dispatched to the region in a show of force.
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WNU Editor: No kidding .... ‘Heightened risk’ of military conflict over South China Sea, observers warn (SCMP).
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