{"id":35532,"date":"2018-06-07T00:03:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T00:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/07\/china-warns-us-against-provocations-following-b-52-flyby\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:53:23","slug":"china-warns-us-against-provocations-following-b-52-flyby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/07\/china-warns-us-against-provocations-following-b-52-flyby\/","title":{"rendered":"China warns US against provocations following B-52 flyby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING \u2014 China lashed out at the U.S. on Wednesday after a pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/06\/06\/us-b-52s-again-fly-in-contested-airspace-of-south-china-sea-claims\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">B-52 bombers flew past a Chinese-held shoal<\/a> in the South China Sea, amid escalating words and displays of military strength from the two major Pacific powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying warned the U.S. against \u201ch<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/20\/us-criticizes-chinas-militarization-of-disputed-south-china-sea\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">yping up militarization<\/a> and stirring up trouble,\u201d while promising that China would take all necessary measures to defend its sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. \u201cdoing whatever they want is risky and China will not be threatened by any military warships,\u201d Hua told reporters at a daily briefing in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/05\/01\/air-force-b-52s-patrol-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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999611808925462-b-52jpg.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\">Air Force B-52s patrol South China Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force on April 24 flew B-52H Stratofortress bombers to the South China Sea as part of a training mission.<\/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\">This week\u2019s flyby near Scarborough Shoal, which China took from the Philippines in 2012, came after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/03\/at-security-forum-mattis-warns-china-over-militarization-of-south-china-sea\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis<\/a> accused Beijing of \u201cintimidation and coercion\u201d in the South China Sea. China claims almost the entirety of the sea \u2014 resource-rich waters that include some of the world\u2019s busiest shipping lanes \u2014 despite overlapping claims from neighbors including the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a summit of top security officials in Singapore last weekend, Mattis said China has deployed anti-ship missiles and surface-to-air missiles and landed nuclear capable bombers on the disputed islands. He vowed that the Indo-Pacific would remain a \u201cpriority theater\u201d for U.S. forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2018\/06\/04\/us-moves-to-justify-sail-by-operations-in-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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-Kidd-South-China-Sea.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 moves to justify sail-by operations in South China Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A senior U.S. Navy officer has pushed back against suggestions at a regional security summit that freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea have been ineffective.<\/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\">Last month, China announced it had dispatched warships to drive away <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/05\/29\/the-us-navy-just-sailed-through-chinese-claimed-waters-again\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">two U.S. Navy vessels<\/a> sailing close to Chinese holdings in the Paracel Island chain, where China recently announced it had landed strategic bombers on an airstrip for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That naval confrontation came shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/23\/china-was-just-uninvited-from-rimpac-heres-why\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the Pentagon withdrew its invitation<\/a> for China to participate in multinational naval exercises near Hawaii to protest China\u2019s military moves in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite rising tensions, Mattis is expected to visit Beijing at an unannounced date. 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