August 4, 2017

China's navy is assisting the search for a missing US navy sailor in the South China Sea, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday.

The Chinese navy's Liuzhou frigate, which was conducting combat readiness duties in nearby waters, coordinated with the US navy "in the spirit of humanitarianism" and in accordance with the code for unplanned encounters at sea, the ministry said in a statement.

The unnamed sailor, who is a male lieutenant according to the Associated Press, is thought to have gone overboard when the US warship was about 100 nautical miles (185 km) southwest of Huangyan Island in the South China Sea on Tuesday morning. The warship has involved in a joint US-Japan drill those days.

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