CHINA says the guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville 'intruded' in waters around the disputed Spratly Islands, reported Qatar's Aljazeera.
China's military has said it drove away a US Navy's 9,600-ton displacement Ticonderoga class warship that had 'illegally intruded' into waters near the Spratly Islands in the disputed South china Sea.
'The actions of the US military seriously violated China's sovereignty and security,' said Tian Junli, spokesman for the Southern Theatre Command of the People's Liberation Army.
The USS Chancellorsville had recently sailed through the Taiwan Strait. There was no immediate comment from the US military.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea under a nine-dash line that an international court ruled in 2016 had no merit. It has ignored that decision, instead building artificial islands and expanding military activities in the sea, which is also claimed by the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and Taiwan.
The PLA accused the US of being a 'security risk maker' in the area, claiming the sailing by the USS Chancellorsville was 'another iron-clad proof of its hegemony in the navigation and militarisation of the South China Sea'.
The Southern Theatre Command said on its WeChat social media account that Chinese troops would remain on 'high alert'.
The US rejects China's claims to the resource-rich waters. It has sent a number of warships through the South China Sea in recent years in 'freedom of navigation' exercises.
On a visit last week to Palawan on the edge of the disputed waters, US Vice President Kamala Harris said the US would push for an international campaign against 'irresponsible behaviour' in the South China Sea.
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China's military has said it drove away a US Navy's 9,600-ton displacement Ticonderoga class warship that had 'illegally intruded' into waters near the Spratly Islands in the disputed South china Sea.
'The actions of the US military seriously violated China's sovereignty and security,' said Tian Junli, spokesman for the Southern Theatre Command of the People's Liberation Army.
The USS Chancellorsville had recently sailed through the Taiwan Strait. There was no immediate comment from the US military.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea under a nine-dash line that an international court ruled in 2016 had no merit. It has ignored that decision, instead building artificial islands and expanding military activities in the sea, which is also claimed by the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and Taiwan.
The PLA accused the US of being a 'security risk maker' in the area, claiming the sailing by the USS Chancellorsville was 'another iron-clad proof of its hegemony in the navigation and militarisation of the South China Sea'.
The Southern Theatre Command said on its WeChat social media account that Chinese troops would remain on 'high alert'.
The US rejects China's claims to the resource-rich waters. It has sent a number of warships through the South China Sea in recent years in 'freedom of navigation' exercises.
On a visit last week to Palawan on the edge of the disputed waters, US Vice President Kamala Harris said the US would push for an international campaign against 'irresponsible behaviour' in the South China Sea.
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