China ‘prepared to fight’ for territorial rights in South China Sea
US ‘freedom of navigation’ exercises are coercing military conflict, says Chinese colonel
The prospect of escalation in the stand-off between Beijing and Washington over the South China Sea was increased after Beijing said it was prepared to fight for its sovereign territorial rights in the region.
The US navy sent a guided-missile destroyer on patrol within a 12-nautical-mile exclusion area around an artificial island in Spratly Islands on Tuesday.
In response, China sent a guided-missile destroyer, the Lanzhou, and the naval patrol ship Taizhou to the area, and the vessels shadowed and gave warnings to the USS Lassen, the defence ministry said.
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The prospect of escalation in the stand-off between Beijing and Washington over the South China Sea was increased after Beijing said it was prepared to fight for its sovereign territorial rights in the region.
The US navy sent a guided-missile destroyer on patrol within a 12-nautical-mile exclusion area around an artificial island in Spratly Islands on Tuesday.
In response, China sent a guided-missile destroyer, the Lanzhou, and the naval patrol ship Taizhou to the area, and the vessels shadowed and gave warnings to the USS Lassen, the defence ministry said.
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Read more: www.worldaffairsjournal.org
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