BEIJING, June 22 — The US military is deploying “unprecedented” numbers to the Asia-Pacific region, raising the risk of an incident with China’s navy, a senior Chinese official said today. Tensions between the two superpowers have soared on multiple fronts since President Donald Trump took...
The US has made multiple 'freedom of navigation' operations in the South China Sea. — Picture by Kryzentia Weiermann/US Navy via Reuters
The United States’ regular “freedom of navigation” operations in the South China Sea—where China and neighbouring countries have competing claims—angers Beijing, and China’s navy usually warns off the US ships. During former president Barack Obama’s eight years in office, the US navy conducted four freedom of navigation operations while there have been 22 of them under Trump, Wu said.
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