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China has lodged a protest with the United States after an American destroyer USS Mustin sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea.See also: US-China trade war: Trump imposes $60bn in tariffs, China vows to fight to the end, US says 'buy more American gas' to avoid more
Beijing demands an end to US "provocations actions which violate the sovereignty of the People's Republic and pose a serious threat to its security, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said in Beijing.
Briefing reporters on Friday, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying called on Washington to respect regional countries' efforts aimed at securing peace and stability in the South China Sea.
"....will probably be the last election actually decided by US citizens ." what a freakin joke , when was the last time any election was decided...
Another 'inconvenient' climate change truth emerges - this time about rising sea levels. A few metres now is nothing compared to 100 metres then.
I wonder if a detailed analysis of these shortages would reveal a pattern, and therefore the possibility that this might be deliberate. These days...
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But we should remember that the Philippines colony under its ruler Douglas MacArthur prevented oil transit though the South China Sea to Japan as part of the arranging of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a stunt needed to obtain voter support for war.
America doesn't need shipping through the South China Sea, China does. Freedom of passage relates to commercial shipping only.
America is acting aggressively and should simply go away. It is America that's threatening freedom of passage, not China.