The destroyer, the USS Stethem, sailed less than 12 nautical miles from tiny Triton Island in the Paracel Islands archipelago, which is claimed by China as well as Taiwan and Vietnam, a US official told AFP. The passage of a US warship close to a disputed island in the South China Sea was a "serious political and military provocation", Beijing said. UNSW Profrssor Zhang Jian believes that tensions between the superpowers will escalate in the future. Dong Xing reports.
The destroyer, the USS Stethem, sailed less than 12 nautical miles from tiny Triton Island in the Paracel Islands archipelago, which is claimed by China as well as Taiwan and Vietnam, a US official told AFP. The passage of a US warship close to a disputed island in the South China Sea was a "serious political and military provocation", Beijing said. UNSW Profrssor Zhang Jian believes that tensions between the superpowers will escalate in the future. Dong Xing reports.
