FILE PHOTO. The US Navy destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur. © AFP / Benjamin Dobbs
Global Times: PLA drives away ‘accident-risking’ US warship intruding territorial waters in South China Sea
Two days after monitoring a provocative US warship transit in the Taiwan Straits, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) forces drove away the same US vessel which intruded Chinese territorial waters in the South China Sea on Thursday. As the US move was deemed an act of navigational hegemony and public opinion manipulation that seriously violated China's sovereignty and safety and risked misjudgment and accidents.
The two recent US warship activities were related and intentionally planned, analysts said, noting that the PLA's consecutive responses also demonstrated that it is fully prepared to fend off any provocations.
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Update: China, US argue over naval activity in South China Sea (Navy Times/AP)
WNU Editor: The US Navy is saying that their warship was not driven away .... US Navy denies warship was 'expelled' from South China Sea (The Hill). More here .... U.S. 7th Fleet Denies Chinese Claim American Destroyer Was ‘Expelled’ from South China Sea Island Chain (USNI News).
