China expressed anger on Tuesday after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, saying it resolutely opposed an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty. Beijing and Washington are locked in a trade war in which they have imposed increasingly severe rounds of […]

THE UNITED States have taken tensions with China to a new high by “asserting their right” to sail warships past disputed islands in the South China Sea. China warn US Navy for flying past South China Sea islands Play Video A guided-missile destroyer, USS Decatur sailed within 12 nautical miles (13.8 miles on land) of […]