May 10, 2016

"Beijing expressed 'resolute opposition' on Tuesday to a patrol by a United States warship in the South China Sea near Yongshu Reef in the Nansha Islands.

The Ministry of National Defense said the patrol only further justified China's construction of defense facilities in the area.

The USS William P. Lawrence entered Chinese waters near the islands illegally on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said, adding that the warship was monitored, tracked and warned."

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