China says it 'expelled' U.S. Navy vessel from South China Sea

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

China's military has said it "expelled" a U.S. navy vessel from the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea this week. It said the "USS Barry" had illegally entered China's Xisha territorial waters on Tuesday.

China's Southern Theater army command "organized sea and air forces to track, monitor, verify, and identify the U.S. ships throughout the journey, and warned and expelled them," said Chinese military spokesperson Li Huamin, in a statement.

"The provocative actions of the United States seriously violated relevant international law norms, seriously violated China's sovereignty and security interests, artificially increased regional security risks, and were prone to cause unexpected incidents," he said.

NBC News reached out to American officials who were not immediately available for comment overnight.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-says-it-expelled-us-navy-vessel-from-south-china-sea/ar-BB13q70d?li=BBnb7Kz

[C_U_L8R]

1. China knows Trump is weak

and it's having its way with him.

[marble falls]

2. That'll be the day. Expelled, my ass.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Economic Sabre Rattling

Muscle flexing bluster.
If(!) that ship drifted a couple miles off course, and did cross the invisible line, as soon as notified by the Chinese Navy they were in territorial waters, the corrected course & followed the rules. Like they've been trained.
They weren't expelled. They were asked to leave, & they did.

[Alacritous Crier]

3. He may try to...

start some kind of "wag the dog" war but it ain't gonna be with China.

[NewJeffCT]

4. Very weak of the Trump military

to back off like that.

In the 90s, China tried to intimidate the US and Clinton moved the 7th Fleet to the area and China backed down