China’s armed forces announced today that a US Navy guided-missile cruiser “illegally intruded” into waters near the Spratly Islands, in South China Seaadding that they monitored its course and then pushed it back.
“The actions of the armed forces of USA are a serious violation of China’s national sovereignty and security,” said Tian Junli, a spokesman for the People’s Liberation Army’s southern theater command.
The cruiser, USS Chancellorsville, recently sailed through the Taiwan Strait.
There has so far been no reaction from the US armed forces to the announcement.
According to spokesman Tian, the military’s intrusion shows that Washington is “causing security risks” in the South China Sea as it has set out to impose “its hegemony” over navigation and “militarize” the region.
The Chinese armed forces will remain on high alert, the southern theater command said via the WeChat platform, as reported by Reuters and the Athens News Agency.
THE China claims almost the entire South China Sea. The issue is among the many foci of tension in its relations with the US.
Washington rejects what it calls illegal territorial claims by Beijing in this strategically important region, both because of its wealth in natural reimgs and because it is a major sea route for global trade. US warships have been sailing through the South China Sea more and more frequently in recent years under the pretense of freedom of navigation, effectively making shows of force.
Source: News Beast
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