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China and the United States exchanged accusations at the weekend over the disputed South China Sea, after China’s military said it had driven away a U.S. warship that the U.S. Navy said was on a routine freedom of navigation operation.

According to a post on the official WeChat social media account of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Southern Theatre Command on Saturday, the Chinese military deployed its naval and air forces to “track, monitor and warn away” the U.S. destroyer.

The U.S. Navy said on Sunday that the Hopper had “asserted navigational rights in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law.”

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, a conduit for more than $3 trillion of annual ship-borne commerce, including parts claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016 said China’s claims had no legal basis.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure China warned off the U.S ship like a barking dog warns off the passerby from behind the fence.

[–] cyd 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The passerby doesn't linger, so the dog views it as a moral victory...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The footpath is the dogs rightful territory, the neighbours across the street also get barked at especially when having visitors because the dog knows that is really it's house too since ancient times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

“No u”. Man, the state of the world is pretty fucking embarrassing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


According to a post on the official WeChat social media account of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Southern Theatre Command on Saturday, the Chinese military deployed its naval and air forces to “track, monitor and warn away” the U.S. destroyer.

The U.S. Navy said on Sunday that the Hopper had “asserted navigational rights in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law.”

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, a conduit for more than $3 trillion of annual ship-borne commerce, including parts claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016 said China’s claims had no legal basis.

Lieutenant Kristina Weidemann, deputy spokesperson for the U.S. 7th Fleet, said in an emailed statement: “The United States challenges excessive maritime claims around the world regardless of the identity of the claimant.

Earlier this month, the United States and China held talks on maritime issues, including the contested South China Sea, where the U.S. underscored concerns about what it called “dangerous and unlawful” Chinese actions, the U.S. State Department said.


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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

NBC reporting here is shoddy because it misses the intricacies of the various South China Sea disputes and reduces it to "haha silly nine-dash line."

The Paracel Island should be Chinese even without the nine-dash line because of circumstances surrounding the Vietnam War.