NYT: U.S. Admiral, in Beijing, Defends Patrols in South China Sea
BEIJING — The head of the United States Pacific Command, Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., said in Beijing on Tuesday that the Navy would continue to conduct freedom of navigation operations similar to one in the South China Sea last week that China criticized.
Speaking to a small audience at the Stanford Center at Peking University, Admiral Harris defended the operation last week, which involved sending a destroyer inside the 12-nautical-mile radius that China claims as its territorial waters around Subi Reef, an artificial island built by the Chinese in the South China Sea.
“We’ve been conducting freedom of navigation operations all over the world for decades, so no one should be surprised by them,” Admiral Harris said. “The South China Sea is not, and will not, be an exception.”
WNU Editor: U.S. Says expect more patrols in the South China Sea in the future .... U.S. Navy plans two or more patrols in South China Sea per quarter (Reuters). China's response is blunt .... China warns US it will defend its man-made islands in South China Sea (Stars and Stripes).
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They should have put some conditions in the loan agreements with he US. Next time probably. Selling off the US debt and currency will be a response prior to any warlike retaliations.
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