28 January 2020
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- US Navy Sails Warship Near Disputed Islands in South China Sea for First Time in 2020
US Navy Sails Warship Near Disputed Islands in South China Sea for First Time in 2020
The U.S. Navy said Tuesday that it had sailed a warship near the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea — home to fortified islands built by China — on Saturday, in what was believed to be its first freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) of 2020.
This year “could see a mellowed-down China which is preoccupied with festering domestic problems ranging from economic slowdown as a result of the trade war with the United States to turmoil in Hong Kong,” said Collin Koh, a research fellow and maritime security expert at RSIS.
RSIS / Online
