South China Sea row: Beijing fumes as US sends navy warship near disputed region
South China Sea row: Beijing fumes as US sends navy warship near disputed region
The Guided-missile Destroyer USS Dewey Conducted A Patrol Within 20 Kilometres Of Mischeef Reef, Part Of The Spratly Islands Over Which Several Countries, Including China, Have Competing Claims.
PTI
| Updated on: 25 May 2017, 04:29:24 PM
WASHINTON:
Tensions have escalated between the US and China after the former sent a navy warship near an artificial island in the disputed South China Sea as part of the first "freedom of navigation" operation under President Donald Trump.
The move by the US has prompted China to say that the "provocative action" violated its sovereignty.