Beijing: The Chinese military said on Monday it was “expelling” US warships who entered Chinese waters illegally near the Paracel Islands on Monday, the commemoration of his daughter that Beijing did not have a claim over the South China Sea.
USS Benfold entered the waters of paracels without the approval of the Chinese government, seriously violating Chinese sovereignty and damaged the stability of the South China Sea, the southern theater command of the People’s Liberation Army.
“We urge the United States to immediately stop such provocative actions,” said the South Theater Command in a statement.
The US Navy did not immediately comment immediately.
Paracels are among hundreds of islands, reefs and atolls in the South China Sea which are rich in resources contested by China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei, with Beijing claiming historical rights for what is called a nine-dash line.
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On July 12, 2016, the permanent arbitration court in Den Haag decided that China did not have a historic degree in the South China Sea.
He also said China has disrupted the rights of traditional Philippine fishing in Scarborough Shoal and violates the rights of the sovereignty of the Philippines by exploring oil and gas near Reed Bank.
In a written statement on Sunday, US State Secretary Antony Blinken said freedom in the sea was an “eternal” interest of all nations.
“There are no maritime sequences based on rules under a greater threat than in the South China Sea,” Blinken said.
“The People’s Republic of China continues to force and intimidate the coastal countries of Southeast Asia, threaten freedom of navigation on this critical global road.”