BEIJIBG: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Tuesday expelled U.S. destroyer USS John S. McCain after it trespassed into China’s territorial waters off Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, said Senior Colonel Tian Junli, a spokesperson for the PLA Southern Theater Command.
China firmly opposes the U.S. destroyer’s trespassing, said Tian, warning that the U.S. moves undermine the peace and stability of the region. Days earlier Senior Colonel Zhang Chunhui, a spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command, said, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) naval and aerial forces were closely following and monitoring U.S. warship USS Mustin when it sailed through China’s Taiwan Straits on Friday night.
China firmly opposes the recent passage of U.S. warships through the Taiwan Straits, said Zhang, warning that the U.S. moves undermine the peace and stability of the region. In the same effort to halt any US misadventure Colonel Zhang said on October 15, PLA naval and aerial forces closely followed the U.S. warship when it trespassed into China’s Taiwan Straits. The U.S. has taken a series of moves that sent misleading signal to those separatists on the island, Zhang said, warning the U.S. that it should stop sending the wrong signals.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN News exchange item
