US Navy denies Chinese claims of illegal South China Sea passage.
TL;DR
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theatre Command claimed that it had driven away the USS Milius, a US Navy guided-missile destroyer, for "illegally" sailing near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. However, the US Navy 7th Fleet countered that the ship was conducting "routine operations" in accordance with international law and was not expelled.
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- US denies Chinese claim it drove away American destroyer Yahoo News
- US Navy denying china's claims of illegally entering waters Al Jazeera English
- US denies that China expelled American warship from near disputed islands Fox News
- Biden left red-faced? Xi Jinping's military 'warns' U.S. warship away from South China Sea Hindustan Times
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