A US Navy warship has sailed near disputed Beijing-controlled islands in the South China Sea - just hours after US President Joe Biden said the US must protect open access to the waterway.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur performed what the US Navy calls a freedom of navigation operation near the Paracel Islands, asserting navigational rights and freedoms. consistent with international law, Lieutenant Nicholas Lingo, spokesperson for the US Seventh Fleet, said in a statement.
China calls the Paracels, in the north-western portion of the South China Sea, the Xisha Islands.
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The US Navy destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur sailed near disputed Beijing-controlled islands in the South China Sea.(Supplied)
BEIJING: China on Thursday issued its second protest in as many days over United States naval activity in the region, drawing an unusually sharp response from the US 7th Fleet, which accused Beijing of attempting to assert illegitimate maritime rights at the expense of its neighbours.
A statement from the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army’s Southern Theatre Command said the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur illegally intruded into its territorial waters surrounding the Paracel island group in the South China Sea on Thursday. It said Chinese forces mobilised to track and monitor the ship and warned and expelled it. The Paracels are also claimed by Vietnam.
Risk of armed conflict in Taiwan Strait is all-time high : Beijing-backed think tank ANI | Updated: May 21, 2021 19:58 IST
Beijing [China], May 21 (ANI): As tensions have risen across the Taiwan Strait, the risk of armedconflict is an all-time high , according to a Beijing-backed think-tank.
The China Cross-Strait Academy released a report on Wednesday on relations across the 180-km wide stretch of water that separates mainland China from Taiwan, South China Morning Post reported.
The report was released after US Navy destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) transited the Taiwan Strait to demonstrate America s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
The think tank said researchers had looked at factors including the two sides military strength, trade relations, public opinion, political events and support from allies, concluding that they were on the brink of war .
Risk of Taiwan Strait armed conflict in all-time high
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22 May 2021, 00:56 GMT+10
Beijing [China], May 21 (ANI): As tensions have risen across the Taiwan Strait, the risk of armed conflict is an all-time high , according to a Beijing-backed think-tank.
The China Cross-Strait Academy released a report on Wednesday on relations across the 180-km wide stretch of water that separates mainland China from Taiwan, South China Morning Post reported.
The report was released after US Navy destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) transited the Taiwan Strait to demonstrate America s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
The think tank said researchers had looked at factors including the two sides military strength, trade relations, public opinion, political events and support from allies, concluding that they were on the brink of war .