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China says a US Navy ship ‘illegally intruded’ into waters in the South China Sea
« on: December 04, 2023, 12:05:23 pm »
China says a US Navy ship ‘illegally intruded’ into waters in the South China Sea
Updated 4:31 AM EST, December 4, 2023
 
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese military said that an American naval ship had “illegally intruded” on Monday into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.

A Chinese naval force was mobilized to track the USS Gabrielle Giffords during the operation, according to a statement from the People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater. The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said the ship “was conducting routine operations in international waters ... consistent with international law.”

Chinese and Philippine naval and coast guard ships have confronted each other repeatedly around the shoal in the Spratly Islands in recent months as China tries to prevent the Philippines from resupplying and repairing a rusting warship that it intentionally ran aground in 1999 to serve as a military outpost.

https://apnews.com/article/china-us-thomas-shoal-south-china-sea-575c54398a85fe5ebfae42cfa1fcd75c
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Re: China says a US Navy ship ‘illegally intruded’ into waters in the South China Sea
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2023, 12:07:19 pm »
Strange, isn't it?  During Viet Nam I spent a lot of time in the South China Sea and nobody said we were intruding then.  Did China buy it from someone? :whistle:
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Re: China says a US Navy ship ‘illegally intruded’ into waters in the South China Sea
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2023, 12:18:37 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on December 04, 2023, 12:07:19 pm
Strange, isn't it?  During Viet Nam I spent a lot of time in the South China Sea and nobody said we were intruding then.  Did China buy it from someone? :whistle:

Didn't they construct some artifical Islands to extend their geographical reach?
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Re: China says a US Navy ship ‘illegally intruded’ into waters in the South China Sea
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