South China Sea: Beijing Lashes Out at Trump After US Sends Warship Past Disputed Reefs

The Express

25 February 2020

China has hit out at the US for sending a naval patrol past two Chinese military outposts in the South China Sea. In 2019, freedom of navigation operations conducted by the US in the region hit an all-time high. Collin Koh, a research fellow at RSIS said, “Clearly, under the Trump administration, we see a more concrete drive towards Freedom of Navigation Operations Programmes in the South China Sea.”

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