"China's Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea"
Posted on 02/22/2017 10:00:19 AM PST by blam
On Tuesday, China slammed the United States’ deployment of an aircraft carrier to conduct “routine operations” in the South China Sea, calling it a pretense to undermine its sovereignty. “China always respects the freedom of navigation and overflight all littoral countries enjoy under international law,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily news briefing, according to Reuters.
“But we are consistently opposed to relevant countries threatening and damaging the sovereignty and security of littoral countries under the flag of freedom of navigation and overflight,” Geng said. “We hope relevant countries can do more to safeguard regional peace and stability.”
China has built multiple islands in the sea and claims almost all its resource-rich waters — although Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam all claim parts of it — and about $5 trillion worth of trade passes through the sea each year.
The U.S. has criticized China’s construction of the islands, as well as a build-up of military facilities on the islands. The U.S. Navy sent the USS Carl Vinson, along with its strike group, through the South China Sea on Saturday, to conduct “routine operations.”
Prior to arriving in the South China Sea, the strike group conducted training off the islands of Hawaii and Guam, the Navy said.
“The training completed over the past few weeks has really brought the team together and improved our effectiveness and readiness as a strike group,” said Rear Adm. James Kilby, commander of the strike group.
“We are looking forward to demonstrating those capabilities while building upon existing strong relationships with our allies, partners, and friends in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region,” he said.
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Go pound sand you ChiCom scum.
What you going to do....Stop selling your cheap crap to WalMart?
"China's Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea"
In a hot war with US vs China, no doubt the left will back China. Count on it.
Hopefully President Thump will respond by sending another Carrier Strike Group to the area. If the PRC whines again, send a third.
Apparently there is a new sheriff in town. Wyatt Trump.
Just gamesmanship.
US carrier groups have been in out of that same area for a number of years.
In a hot war with North Vietnam (and the VC, and Pathet Lao, etc.), the left backed the communists. In a cold war with the USSR, the left backed the communists. In various brushfire wars in South America and Africa, the left backed the communists. In the Islamic terrorism wars, the left backs the islamists. The left will always back the bad guys because the left ARE the bad guys.
Remove their submarines quietly.
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