US EditionUS briefly deploys 2 warships to a disputed South China Sea shoal after Chinese collision
The People's Liberation Army Southern Theater Command expelled the USS Higgins for unauthorized entry into disputed waters near Huangyan Island, escalating tensions in the South China Sea.
- The US briefly deployed two warships to a disputed South China Sea shoal after a Chinese navy and coastguard ship collided while trying to block a Philippine vessel from the area.
- Video footage shows the Chinese coastguard ship blasting its water cannon at the Philippine ship before being hit by the Chinese navy ship.
- Japan, Australia and New Zealand expressed alarm over the dangerous maneuvers that led to the collision in the busy trade route.
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Tensions in the South China Sea are on the rise: after two Chinese ships recently collide in the pursuit of a Philippine, a Chinese warship now displaced a US destroyer. By B. Eyssel.
U.S. briefly deploys 2 warships to a disputed South China Sea shoal after Chinese collision
The United States deployed two warships on Wednesday in a disputed South China Sea shoal, where two Chinese navy and coast guard ships collided two days ago while trying to drive away a smaller Philippine ship in a high-seas accident captured on video, alarming several Western and Asian countries.
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US briefly deploys 2 warships to a disputed South China Sea shoal after Chinese collision
The United States has deployed two warships to the disputed South China Sea near Scarborough Shoal. This follows a collision between Chinese navy and coast guard ships while they attempted to drive away a smaller Philippine vessel.
The Chinese Armed Forces have assured that they have “expelled” a US military destroyer of disputed waters in the South China Sea, considering that he had entered “illegally” into an area that Beijing considers to be part of its sovereignty.A spokesman for the South Command of the People's Liberation Army, He Tiecheng, has reported that Chinese forces monitored and warned the American ship before it left an area, located in the vicinity of the S…
The area of the Scarborough reef in the South China Sea is claimed by both China and the Philippines. As a US warship is now traveling through the region, the Chinese Coast Guard responds promptly. The US does not want to be intimidated by this.
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