Thẻ: the destroyer USS Lassen “conducted a transit” within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands

Washington’s Muddled Message in the South China Sea

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    TĐH: I totally disagree with this article and the experts it quotes as support.

    China has a policy of requiring any foreign vessel to (1) inform Chinese authorities of its intention to make an innocent passage through Chinese territorial sea, and (2) have Chinese permission prior to making such innocent passage.

    USS Lassen did not inform Chinese authorities and did not have a Chinese permission, so that was not an innocent passage according to Chinese standards, and that explaines why China was so upset at USS Lassen passage.

    That was a US Freedom of Navigation at the lowest level, which was a very good strategy. You don’t want to shock China so much with your first FON sail. Just enough to get China noticed. Then you can increase intensity in later sails.

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The Obama administration deployed a destroyer to the South China Sea to send a signal to Beijing. But what signal did it send?

Washington’s Muddled Message in the South China Sea

After months of internal debate, the Obama administration last week finally decided to dispatch a warship to challenge China’s far-reaching territorial claims in the South China Sea. But in the days since, U.S. officials have offered conflicting accounts of the operation, potentially undermining the whole point of the symbolic mission and raising doubts about whether Washington is ready to test Beijing’s claims at all. Tiếp tục đọc “Washington’s Muddled Message in the South China Sea” →

U.S. warship sails close to Chinese artificial island in South China Sea

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By Jim Sciutto and Barbara Starr, CNN

U.S. sends warship within 12 nautical miles of one of China’s artificial islands
Move viewed as potential challenges to China in South China Sea

Washington (CNN): The United States sent a warship very close to one of China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a potential challenge to Beijing’s territorial claims in the contested waters.

A U.S. defense official told CNN that the destroyer USS Lassen “conducted a transit” within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands on Tuesday morning local time. Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. warship sails close to Chinese artificial island in South China Sea” →