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The Navy is dismissing Chinese claims that it had "driven away" a U.S. warship operating near a set of disputed islands in the South China Sea, the latest development in a tense region where such international standoffs are becoming increasingly frequent.

A U.S. guided-missile destroyer passed near a South China Sea island chain claimed by China as part of a Freedom of Navigation operation and drew complaints from Beijing. USS Benfold (DDG-65) sailed near the Paracel Islands early Wednesday local time in a FONOP and was monitored by the People’s Liberation Army Navy frigate Xianning (500), […]

A Chinese navy warship was heard hailing an American military aircraft near Taiwan on Monday.

The United States sent a destroyer through the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday, infuriating China.

A US destroyer yesterday sailed near the disputed Paracel Islands (Xisha Islands, 西沙群島) in the South China Sea, drawing an angry reaction from Beijing, which said its military had “driven away” the ship after it “illegally” entered territorial waters. The US regularly carries out what it calls “freedom of navigation” operations in the South China Sea, challenging what it says are restrictions on passage. The US Navy said that the USS Benfold “asserted navigational rights an...

Beijing accuses US of violating Chinas sovereignty and security - Click the link for more details.

A Chinese warship was heard on an intercepted radio transmission on Monday demanding a U.S. military aircraft keep its distance as it operated over

Exercise will feature anti-submarine warfare in the four-day drill

Combat exercises recently carried out by the People‘s Liberation Army off Taiwan were in response to "collusion and provocation" by the United States and Taiwan, a Chinese defense spokesman said on Friday.

The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) conducted large-scale drills around Taiwan in response to a US senators recent visit to the island, both the Chinese military and the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday, while the Taiwan Affairs Office expressed opposition to the US interfering with the Taiwan question.