{"id":21865,"date":"2018-05-23T16:23:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T16:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/23\/china-was-just-uninvited-from-rimpac-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:04:31","slug":"china-was-just-uninvited-from-rimpac-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/23\/china-was-just-uninvited-from-rimpac-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"China was just uninvited from a massive naval exercise. Here\u2019s why."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=8eea6bcf-bf28-4af3-9b51-0ae4286ffc5f\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-8eea6bcf-bf28-4af3-9b51-0ae4286ffc5f.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">China\u2019s Defence Ministry has expressed regret after the United States withdrew an invitation to China to attend a major U.S.-hosted naval drill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After years continuing to sail alongside China in the massive Rim of the Pacific naval exercises even as the peer competitor militarized man-made islands in the South China Sea, the U.S. has decided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/04\/china-says-military-no-threat-but-refuses-to-reveal-budget\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\">enough is enough<\/a>, and has rescinded the invite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina\u2019s continued militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea only serve to raise tensions and destabilize the region,\u201d Pentagon spokesman Lt. 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Chris Logan said Wednesday. \u201cAs an initial response to China\u2019s continued militarization of the South China Sea we have disinvited the PLA Navy from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2016\/07\/05\/militaries-gather-in-hawaii-for-massive-maritime-exercises\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">2018 Rim of the Pacific <\/a>Exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/20\/us-criticizes-chinas-militarization-of-disputed-south-china-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18139176593651.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US criticizes China\u2019s militarization of disputed South China Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon criticized what it called China\u2019s \u201ccontinued militarization\u201d of island outposts in the disputed South China Sea, where the Chinese air force landed long-range bombers for the first time, putting entire Southeast Asia within their range.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would have been China\u2019s third consecutive appearance at RIMPAC, an exercise that occurs every two years and last time involved 26 nations and dozens of warships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2018\/05\/02\/exchanges-pull-certain-chinese-cellphones-other-devices-over-security-concerns\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\"> just the latest for the Pentagon<\/a> to call out its peer competitor. Early this month the Pentagon ordered all military commissaries to stop selling cellphones, modems and other electronics by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE from their shelves, citing an espionage risk. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has been building up those man-made islands, which now include fully operational runways and surface-to-air defenses, since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/03\/navy-secretary-other-us-officials-increasingly-sounding-alarm-over-chinese-smartphone-maker-huawei\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-954028880.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy secretary, other US officials increasingly sounding alarm over Chinese smartphone maker Huawei<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy&#039;s top civilian recently warned that the service needs to keep the telecom behemoth out of U.S. military projects due to fears the company could allow Beijing to steal U.S. national security secrets.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. continued to engage with China and invited the peer competitor to the 2014 and 2016 exercises. 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