The U.S. and China are currently engaged in a skirmish over a confrontation which occurred in the South China Sea and involved five small Chinese vessels and an unarmed American surveillance vessel, the USNS Impeccable. \u00a0The US claims that the Chinese vessels harassed its ship in violation of the law of the seas, while China claims that the US intruded on an economic exclusion zone in violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.<\/p>\n
Admiral Timothy Keating, the head of the Pacific Command, declined to comment on the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s response, but noted the American reaction would come through the State Department. \u00a0 The Chinese embassy in Washington issued a statement<\/a> after the incident clarifying its position.<\/p>\n For further information, please click here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. and China are currently engaged in a skirmish over a confrontation which occurred in the South China Sea 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