The US Navy sailed a warship near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea as part of an operation aimed at challenging Chinese claims to the area, a move that drew protest from Beijing, which accused the US of practicing 'navigational hegemony.'
The US Navy sailed a warship near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea Friday as part of an operation aimed at challenging Chinese claims to the area, a move that drew an immediate protest from Beijing which accused the US of practicing"navigational hegemony."
The guided-missile destroyer"USS Wayne E. Meyer challenged the restrictions on innocent passage imposed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and also contested China's claim to straight baselines enclosing the Paracel Islands," Cdr. Reann Mommsen, a spokesperson for the US Navy's 7th fleet said in a statement."China, Taiwan, and Vietnam each claim sovereignty over the Paracel Islands.
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