SCMP: China-US close encounters ‘raise conflict risk in South China Sea’
* Warships from both countries came within 100m of each other in April, Chinese military insider says
* Washington and Beijing need to find a way to stop such incidents escalating and going out of control, maritime analyst says
China and the US are running the risk of conflict and should come up with a way to manage such crises as their warships engage in close encounters in the South China Sea, according to maritime strategy specialists.
A Chinese military insider said that in one incident in April, vessels from both nations came as close as 100 metres of each other.
“That kinds of incidents indicate a lack of political trust between the two militaries,” the insider said, declining to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The source did not specify which warships were involved in the encounter.
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