US warships sail in disputed South China Sea amid tensions
Navy warships have sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea twice in the past few days, the United States military told Reuters on Thursday, at a time of tension between the world's two largest economies.
The busy waterway is one of a number of flashpoints in the US-China relationship, which include a trade war, US sanctions, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Earlier this week during high-level talks, China called on the US military to stop flexing its muscles in the South China Sea and adding "new uncertainties" over democratic Taiwan, which is seen as a wayward province and claimed by China.
[...] On Wednesday, the littoral combat ship Gabrielle Giffords travelled within 12 nautical miles of Mischief Reef[*], Commander Reann Mommsen, a spokeswoman for the US Navy's Seventh Fleet, told Reuters.
On Thursday, the destroyer Wayne E. Meyer challenged restrictions on innocent passage in the Paracel islands[**], Mommsen said.
"These missions are based in the rule of law and demonstrate our commitment to upholding the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea and airspace guaranteed to all nations," she added.
[...] China claims almost all the energy-rich waters of the South China Sea, where it has established military outposts on artificial islands.
However, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims to parts of the sea.
The United States accuses China of militarising the South China Sea and trying to intimidate Asian neighbours who might want to exploit its extensive oil and gas reserves.
[*] Mischief Reef
[**] Paracel Islands
(Score: 4, Insightful) by ikanreed on Friday November 22 2019, @08:24PM (7 children)
God I hope you are among the casualties of the pointless nuclear holocaust you're proposing. The US isn't the only country with boomers, you absolute dipshit.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday November 22 2019, @08:35PM (1 child)
Shirley the Chinese could never anticipate the possibility of a sudden sneak nuclear attack and have plans for such an event.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 22 2019, @11:36PM
https://www.rospotrebnadzor.ru/about/info/news/news_details.php?ELEMENT_ID=13136 [rospotrebnadzor.ru]
Google translate it and see how close we are getting to the precipice.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by RS3 on Friday November 22 2019, @08:38PM (2 children)
Hey now, you make an absolutely correct point, but no need for the ad hominem. You notice his username, right? His post fits, right? It takes precisely 666 megatons of nukes to holocaust the planet. /s
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @06:22AM (1 child)
we are talking about the chinese today not islam
leave the devil warshippers out of it
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @08:25PM
Why are you maligning Jahweh?
Or are you just too ignorant to know that Jahweh == Hashem == Jehovah == Allah [wikipedia.org]?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday November 23 2019, @11:21AM (1 child)
I live in Brooklyn. Think my money is where my mouth is?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @08:29PM
Where the Chinese restaurants have partitions to protect the employees from the natives and the PFR flows freely.
It's long gone now, but I always loved the name of the place on Court Street between Boerum Place and Bergen Street called "Lung Fat." It just sounded so tasty!