US Warship “Expelled” From South China Sea
The heavily disputed waterway is one of the flashpoints in the U.S.-China relationship, including a trade war, technology war, U.S. sanctions, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
By TYLER DURDEN for ZeroHedge
The superpower clash between China and the U.S. continued on Friday [02/05/2020] as a U.S. Navy ship sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the heavily disrupted South China Sea.
It got a stern rebuke (and what some would call, an appropriate response) from Beijing.
Shortly after, CGTN reported that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) "expelled" the destroyer after it "trespassed" into China's territorial waters.
Tian Junli, a spokesperson for the PLA Southern Theater Command, said the move "seriously infringed China's sovereignty and security."
