As its warship navigates the South China Sea for a second day, China warns the US.

 After being forced to monitor a US Navy ship for the second day in a row after it violated Chinese territorial waters near a disputed island in the South China Sea on Friday, the Chinese defence ministry warned the US military of "severe consequences" and threatened to take action.

After being forced to monitor a US Navy ship for the second day in a row after it violated Chinese territorial waters near a disputed island in the South China Sea on Friday, the Chinese defence ministry warned the US military of "severe consequences" and threatened to take action.



The USS Milius (DDG 69), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, is seen conducting routine underway operations in the South China Sea on March 24, 2023, according to a photo provided by the US Navy. (AP)

The USS Milius (DDG 69), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, is seen conducting routine underway operations in the South China Sea on March 24, 2023, according to a photo provided by the US Navy. (AP)


As tensions increased in the disputed waters of the South China Sea due to Beijing's expansive maritime territorial claims and Washington's insistence on "freedom of navigation" in international waters, it was the second straight day of tense exchanges between two of the world's most powerful navies.


The ownership of additional islands in the South China Sea is also a point of contention between China and the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

The spokesperson for the Chinese defence ministry, Tan Kefei, issued a statement saying, "We severely demand the US side to immediately stop such provocative activities, else it would take the serious repercussions of every eventuality it caused."


Tan continued by saying that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will resolutely protect national sovereignty, security, and the South China Sea's peace and stability.

The PLA's southern Command sent ships and aircraft to track and remove the USS Milius guided-missile destroyer from the waters on Thursday after it had come within striking distance of the disputed Xisha islands (known as Parcel in English), an allegation that the US Navy has denied.


The Xisha islands are occupied by China, although Vietnam and Taiwan, a self-governing democracy Beijing sees as a renegade province, also claim them.


On Friday, the same US destroyer once more went close to the islands as part of what it referred to as a "freedom of navigation operation."

The destroyer, which is a component of the US 7th Fleet, stated in a statement that Milius "exited the excessive claim at the completion of the operation and continued operations in the South China Sea."



The US navy statement continued, "This freedom of navigation operation ("FONOP") upheld the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea recognised in international law by challenging the restrictions on innocent passage imposed by the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan, and Vietnam as well as by challenging PRC's claim to straight baselines enclosing the Paracel Islands.

A severe threat to marine freedom, including the freedoms of navigation and overflight, free trade and unhindered commerce, and freedom of economic opportunity for South China Sea littoral nations, according to the statement, is posed by "illegal" maritime claims in the South China Sea.


In a prompt retort, China's defence ministry charged that US operations were "undermining the peace and stability of the South China Sea."



According to Tan, the US military's action "gravely violated China's sovereignty and security, as well as the law of the international community, which is another undeniable indication of its maritime hegemony and militarization of the South China Sea."

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