China appears to have taken advantage of the coronavirus outbreak and ramped up its harassment of the U.S. military and its regional allies amid the global pandemic.
appears to have taken advantage of the situation and ramped up its harassment of the U.S. military and its regional allies amid the global pandemic.
Since mid-March, about the same time the U.S. aircraft carrier pulled into Guam, Chinese fighter jets have harassed U.S. reconnaissance aircraft “at least nine times” in the South China Sea, according to Reed B. Werner, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Southeast Asia, in an interview with Fox News.Werner also cited “harassment” of the Japan-based guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin last month near a Chinese aircraft carrier strike group that was patrolling through the South China Sea.
“We do find the current trend line very worrisome,” Werner said, adding that did not know if the harassment since mid-March represented an uptick.
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