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The People's Liberation Army (PLA) organised air and naval forces to warn the USS Preble to leave, said a PLA spokesman, after it entered waters near China-claimed Scarborough Shoal on Monday morning. "The relevant actions from the US side endanger the safety of both Chinese and American ships and personnel, and undermine China's sovereignty and safety," said Li Huamin, spokesman of the PLA's Southern Theatre Command. "We express our resolute opposition," he added. The move comes as both countries adopt toughening stances on a host of economic and diplomatic issues, namely trade and hi-tech rivalry. Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump hiked tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, with China announcing it would raise tariffs on $60 billion in US merchandise from June 1 in retaliation. Trump has also barred US companies from engaging in telecommunications trade with foreign companies said to threaten American national security. Beijing has built artificial islands and … [Read more...] about Beijing denounces US warship sail-by in South China Sea

By Vu Anh  &nbspApril 15, 2019 | 03:00 pm GMT+7 Colonel Nguyen Dinh Hung (R), Commander of the Naval Region 4, leads a delegation of Vietnam's Navy to join a naval parade in China on April 14, 2019. Photo by Bao Hai Quan (Navy's newspaper) Two Vietnamese frigates are on their way to China to attend an international naval parade on April 23. The 011 Dinh Tien Hoang and 015 Tran Hung Dao vessels left Cam Ranh Bay in the central province of Khanh Hoa Sunday for a voyage of 3,600 sea miles to attend the event in the Yellow Sea off Qingdao City in eastern China. Led by Colonel Nguyen Dinh Hung, Commander of Naval Region 4, which is in charge of waters off Vietnam's south-central coast, including the Spratly Islands, the Vietnamese delegation includes representatives from the Ministry of National Defense and Vietnam People’s Navy. In addition to exchange activities, the trip is expected to help improve the capacity and skills, especially in mastering weapons and … [Read more...] about Vietnamese frigates sail to China for naval review

April 25, 2018 | 03:51 pm GMT+7 An aerial photo taken though a glass window of a Philippine military plane shows the land on Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, west of Palawan, Philippines. Photo by Reuters/Ritchie B. The equipment installed by China causes radio jamming and seriously violates Vietnam's sovereignty. Vietnam’s foreign ministry spokesperson said Tuesday that China has seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty by installing military jamming equipment on outposts in Truong Sa, Spratly Islands off the South China Sea, commonly known as the East Sea in Vietnam. Le Thi Thu Hang told the press that the establishment of China's electronic warfare equipment to cause radio jamming on Mischief Reef and Fiery Cross on Truong Sa goes against international conventions and Vietnam requested the northern neighbor to remove the system. She also told the press that China has repeatedly acted counter to … [Read more...] about Vietnam demands that China remove its military jamming equipment from Spratly Islands