{"id":89603,"date":"2020-10-10T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/10\/china-protests-latest-us-navy-mission-in-south-china-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:41:50","slug":"china-protests-latest-us-navy-mission-in-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/10\/10\/china-protests-latest-us-navy-mission-in-south-china-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"China protests latest US Navy mission in South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING (AP) \u2014 China said it dispatched ships and planes to track the U.S. guided-missile destroyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/06\/19\/warship-john-s-mccain-headed-back-into-operations\/\" target=_blank>John S. McCain<\/a> as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The People\u2019s Liberation Army accused the U.S. warship of trespassing into Chinese territorial waters on Friday near the Paracel Islands \u2014 called Xisha by China \u2014 during the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/30\/navy-conducts-show-of-air-power-in-the-indo-pacific-another-message-to-china\/\" target=_blank>freedom of navigation missions<\/a> by the U.S. Navy aimed at defying China\u2019s vast claims in the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spokesperson for the PLA\u2019s Southern Theater Command Col. Zhang Nandong said Beijing demanded the U.S. end such actions, calling them \u201cblatant navigation hegemony and military provocation\u201d that \u201cseriously violated China\u2019s sovereignty and security interests, and gravely jeopardized peace and stability in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/09\/28\/china-fires-back-at-us-over-environment-south-china-sea-militarization\/\" target=_blank>South China Sea<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe urges the US side to immediately stop such kind of provocative actions, strictly manage and control its maritime and air <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/09\/01\/what-war-with-china-could-look-like\/\" target=_blank>military operations<\/a> so as not to cause any eventuality,\u201d Zhang was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China claims sovereignty over virtually the entire South China Sea, which is also claimed in whole or in part by Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam. 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