China says US military in South China Sea not good for peace
China has repeatedly complained about US Navy ships getting close to islands it occupies in the South China Sea, where Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan all have competing claims.
By Reuters, January 25, 2021
US Navy and Royal Australian Navy team up in the South China Sea (photo credit: REUTERS )
BEIJING - The United States often sends ships and aircraft into the South China Sea
to "flex its muscles" and this is not good for peace, China's Foreign
Ministry said on Monday, after a US aircraft carrier group sailed into
the disputed waterway.
The
strategic South China Sea, through which trillions of dollars in trade
flows each year, has long been a focus of contention between Beijing and
Washington, with China particularly angered by US military activity
there.
The US carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt and
accompanied by three warships, entered the waterway on Saturday to
promote "freedom of the seas", the US military said, just days after Joe Biden became US president..
"The
United States frequently sends aircraft and vessels into the South
China Sea to flex its muscles," the foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao
Lijian, told reporters, responding to the US mission.
"This is not conducive to peace and stability in the region."
China
has repeatedly complained about US Navy ships getting close to islands
it occupies in the South China Sea, where Vietnam, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan all have competing claims.
The
carrier group entered the South China Sea at the same time as
Chinese-claimed Taiwan reported incursions by Chinese air force jets
into the southwestern part of its air defence identification zone,
prompting concern from Washington.
China has not commented on what its air force was doing, and Zhao referred questions to the defense ministry.
He
reiterated China's position that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China
and that the United States should abide by the "one China" principle.
Biden's new administration says the US commitment to Taiwan is "rock-solid".
The
United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with
Taiwan but is the democratic island's most important international
backer and main arms supplier, to China's anger.
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