Alwaght- China accused the United States of seeking maritime hegemony in the name of freedom of navigation after a US warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of a Chinese island in the South China Sea.
In a provocative move, the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur passed near Triton Island in the Xisha (Paracel) Islands in the South China Sea. Each year about $5 trillion in trade passes through the sea, which also has large deposits of oil and natural gas.
Following the aggressive act, Chinese troops stationed at the islands and naval ships and airplanes made an immediate response, took countermeasures and conducted identification and verification against the US warship.
The Chinese government, which moved swiftly to condemn sailing on Saturday, said the United States was acting dangerously and irresponsibly.
"The so-called freedom of navigation plans and acts that the United States has upheld for many years in reality do not accord with generally recognized international law," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a daily news briefing.
It also "ignores numerous littoral states' sovereignty and security and maritime rights, seriously harming relevant regional peace and stability", he added.
"Its essence is to push the United States' maritime hegemony in the name of freedom of navigation, which has always been resolutely opposed by most of the international community, especially certain developing nations. What the United States has done is dangerous and irresponsible."
China claims sovereignty over nearly all of the energy-rich South China Sea, which is also claimed in part by Taiwan, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Washington has sided with China’s rivals in the territorial dispute, with Beijing accusing the United States of meddling in the regional issues and deliberately stirring up tensions in the contested waters.
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