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 passes 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 said the USS Milius, a guided missile destroyer, on Thursday entered waters around the Paracel Islands, which are also claimed by Vietnam.The PLA 'organized sea and air forces to track and monitor in accordance with the law' and 'warned it to leave', spokesperson Tian Junli said.The vessel 'made an illegal incursion into Chinese territorial waters...
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