#US destroyer sails into #SouthChinaSea ahead of #DonaldTrump's call with #XiJinping — a move likely to irk #China
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US destroyer sails into South China Sea ahead of Trump's call with Xi Jinping — a move likely to irk China
The USS Stethem passed a disputed island claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam on Sunday in an operation to challenge the competing claims of all three...
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#China's #XiJinping warns of 'negative factors' hurting #US ties
Including a #US destroyer sailing within the territorial waters of an island in the #SouthChinaSea.
Including a #US destroyer sailing within the territorial waters of an island in the #SouthChinaSea.
#US destroyer sails near contested reef in #SouthChinaSea angering #Beijing, claiming it violated its sovereignty
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#China challenged #Australia'n warships in #SouthChinaSea, reports say
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#US warships sail near #SouthChinaSea islands in move that could anger #Beijing
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Defense Secretary #JimMattis: #US will confront #China on militarization of islands in #SouthChinaSea
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#US Defense Secretary #JimMattis Accuses #Beijing of ‘Intimidation and Coercion’ in #SouthChinaSea
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#China calls American #B52 flights near disputed #SouthChinaSea islands "provocative"
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#China warship nearly hits #US destroyer in #SouthChinaSea near disputed islands
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#Beijing announces deployment of 'carrier killer' missile after #US warship sails near #SouthChinaSea islets
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Duterte threatens 'suicide mission' if Beijing oversteps in South China Sea
#Philippines President #RodrigoDuterte has threatened to send his troops on a "suicide mission" if #Beijing doesn't "lay off" a #Manila-occupied island in the #SouthChinaSea. Duterte's speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came days after the Philippine government claimed as many as 275 Chinese boats and ships had been spotted in recent months around Manila's Thitu Island in the Spratly Island chain.
"Let us be friends, but do not touch Pagasa Island and the rest," Duterte said, using the Philippine word Pagasa for Thitu. "If you make moves there, that's a different story. I will tell my soldiers, 'Prepare for suicide mission'."
Duterte said his words were not a warning, but rather "advice to my friends."
#Philippines President #RodrigoDuterte has threatened to send his troops on a "suicide mission" if #Beijing doesn't "lay off" a #Manila-occupied island in the #SouthChinaSea. Duterte's speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came days after the Philippine government claimed as many as 275 Chinese boats and ships had been spotted in recent months around Manila's Thitu Island in the Spratly Island chain.
"Let us be friends, but do not touch Pagasa Island and the rest," Duterte said, using the Philippine word Pagasa for Thitu. "If you make moves there, that's a different story. I will tell my soldiers, 'Prepare for suicide mission'."
Duterte said his words were not a warning, but rather "advice to my friends."
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Australian helicopters targeted by lasers in South China Sea
#Australia'n military helicopters were targeted with lasers during operations in the #SouthChinaSea this month. "Some helicopter pilots had lasers pointed at them from passing fishing vessels," Euan Graham of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute wrote on The Strategist blog, who was aboard the warship from which the aircraft were operating.
Graham told #CNN he did not witness the incidents, but Australian pilots told him they were targeted multiple times by commercial lasers during South #China Sea missions. Graham was aboard HMAS Canberra, a helicopter landing dock and flagship of the Royal Australian Navy, as it operated in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean on a three-month mission that ended this week.
#Australia'n military helicopters were targeted with lasers during operations in the #SouthChinaSea this month. "Some helicopter pilots had lasers pointed at them from passing fishing vessels," Euan Graham of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute wrote on The Strategist blog, who was aboard the warship from which the aircraft were operating.
Graham told #CNN he did not witness the incidents, but Australian pilots told him they were targeted multiple times by commercial lasers during South #China Sea missions. Graham was aboard HMAS Canberra, a helicopter landing dock and flagship of the Royal Australian Navy, as it operated in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean on a three-month mission that ended this week.
China vows military action if Taiwan, sea claims opposed
#China's defense minister is warning its military will "resolutely take action" to defend Beijing's claims over self-ruled #Taiwan and disputed #SouthChinaSea waters.
Speaking at an annual security conference in #Singapore on Sunday, Wei Fenghe says: "Should anybody risk crossing the bottom line, the PLA will resolutely take action and defeat all enemies."
The PLA stands for the People's Liberation Army.
He defended China's right to build "limited defense facilities" in the contested South China Sea, where its sweeping claims are challenged by several smaller neighbors.
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#China's defense minister is warning its military will "resolutely take action" to defend Beijing's claims over self-ruled #Taiwan and disputed #SouthChinaSea waters.
Speaking at an annual security conference in #Singapore on Sunday, Wei Fenghe says: "Should anybody risk crossing the bottom line, the PLA will resolutely take action and defeat all enemies."
The PLA stands for the People's Liberation Army.
He defended China's right to build "limited defense facilities" in the contested South China Sea, where its sweeping claims are challenged by several smaller neighbors.
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