The move by the US challenges the restriction on passage imposed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam in the South China Sea. FMTNews
The US navy destroyer sails in the South China Sea at a time of trade tensions between the United States and China.
WASHINGTON: A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Friday, the US military said, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense ties between the world’s two largest economies. “USS Wayne E. Meyer challenged the restrictions on innocent passage imposed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam and also contested China’s claim to straight baselines enclosing the Paracel Islands,” Commander Reann Mommsen, a spokeswoman for the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet, told Reuters.
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