AFP
Chinese military says ‘warned’ US warship to leave South China Sea
China’s military tracked and warned a US warship to leave waters claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea, despite overlapping claims by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei.
The US sends naval vessels through the region to assert freedom of navigation in international waters, while China has built artificial islands with military facilities and runways.
BEIJING, CHINA — The Chinese military said it had tracked a US warship in the South China Sea on Thursday and “warned it to leave” waters claimed by Beijing.
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”, spokesperson 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.
There was no immediate response from the United States.
While asserting their claims in the South China Sea, Chinese authorities in recent years have built artificial islands including some with military facilities and runways.
Regional nations have also accused Chinese vessels of harassing their fishing boats.
— AFP
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