Wang made the remarks during a seminar in Beijing when responding to a question on the US Navy's intention of sending a warship within 12 nautical miles of China's islands in the sea.
"We are checking out the matter," said the foreign minister.
"If it is true, we advise the US to think twice before its action," he said, urging them "not to act in an imprudent way and not to make trouble out of nothing."
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27/10/15
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U.S. Navy warship’s patrol in disputed South China Sea draws angry response from Beijing...
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer close to China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday, drawing an angry rebuke from Beijing, which said it warned and followed the American vessel.
The patrol by the USS Lassen — which is deployed to the U.S. Navy’s base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture — was the most significant U.S. challenge yet to 12-nautical-mile territorial limits China asserts around the islands in the Spratly archipelago and could ratchet up tensions in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes.
One U.S. defense official said the USS Lassen sailed within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef. A second defense official said the mission, which lasted a few hours, also included Mischief Reef and would be the first in a series of so-called freedom-of-navigation exercises aimed at testing China’s territorial claims.
China’s Foreign Ministry said the “relevant authorities” monitored, followed and warned the USS Lassen as it “illegally” entered waters near islands and reefs in the Spratlys without the Chinese government’s permission.
“China will resolutely respond to any country’s deliberate provocations. We will continue to closely monitor the relevant seas and airspace, and take all necessary steps in accordance with the need,” the ministry said in a statement that gave no details on precisely where the U.S. ship sailed.
“China strongly urges the U.S. side to conscientiously handle China’s serious representations, immediately correct its mistake and not take any dangerous or provocative acts that threaten China’s sovereignty and security interests,” it said.
The second U.S. defense official said additional patrols would follow in the coming weeks and could also be conducted around features that Vietnam and the Philippines have built up in the Spratlys.................http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/27/asia-pacific/u-s-navy-ship-begins-patrol-near-man-made-islands-in-south-china-sea/#.Vi81SlKE13B
27/10/15
Spratly-Inseln: USA entsenden Kriegsschiff....
ReplyDeleteChina hat die Entsendung eines US-Kriegsschiffes in das strategisch wichtige Südchinesische Meer verurteilt. Dass der Zerstörer "USS Lassen" in der Nähe der künstlichen chinesischen Inseln kreuze, stelle eine "Gefahr für Chinas Souveränität" dar, erklärte ein Sprecher des Außenministeriums in Peking am Dienstag. Das Schiff sei "illegal" in die Gewässer nahe der Inseln eingedrungen.
Genauere Angaben zum Kurs des Schiffes machte das Ministerium nicht. Die chinesischen Behörden hätten den Zerstörer aber beobachtet, seien ihm gefolgt und hätten ihn gewarnt. "China fordert die USA eindringlich auf, (...) ihren Fehler unmittelbar zu korrigieren und keine gefährlichen oder provokativen Schritte zu unternehmen, die Chinas Souveränität und Sicherheitsinteressen bedrohen."...........http://kurier.at/politik/ausland/spratly-inseln-usa-entsenden-kriegsschiff/160.693.082