{"id":55277,"date":"2020-10-11T06:39:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T11:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55277"},"modified":"2020-10-11T06:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T11:39:51","slug":"china-blasts-latest-us-navy-deployment-near-paracel-islands-halt-provocations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55277","title":{"rendered":"China Blasts Latest US Navy Deployment Near Paracel Islands: &#8220;Halt Provocations!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/china-blasts-latest-us-navy-deployment-near-paracel-islands-halt-provocations\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">China Blasts Latest US Navy Deployment Near Paracel Islands: &#8220;Halt Provocations!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"#222\">\n<div>China again put the United States on notice on Friday, warning the Pentagon to <strong>&#8220;halt provocations&#8221; in the South China Sea<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>This after the latest incident involving the\u00a0<strong>US destroyer John McCain sailing near the disputed Paracel Islands<\/strong>\u00a0administered and militarized by China.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/usnavytest.jpg?itok=ef0b3ZXf\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/usnavytest.jpg?itok=ef0b3ZXf\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/usnavytest.jpg?itok=BEyIRIB_ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/usnavytest.jpg?itok=BEyIRIB_ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/usnavytest.jpg?itok=BEyIRIB_ 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/usnavytest.jpg?itok=BEyIRIB_ 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/usnavytest.jpg?itok=BEyIRIB_ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/usnavytest.jpg?itok=ef0b3ZXf 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/usnavytest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"d2fa722c-a0f4-425a-b9b6-664b7e2b871b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Illustrative image: Guided missile destroyer USS Forest Sherman, Wiki Commons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A PLA military spokesperson denounced the sail-by, saying Washington must seek permission to navigate the area.\u00a0<strong>\u201cWe demand the US immediately stop such provocative actions, (and) strictly control and restrict military operations in the sea and air,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-military-usa\/chinese-military-spokesperson-tells-u-s-to-halt-provocative-actions-idUSKBN26U1SI\">spokesperson said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This constitutes the latest notable incident after last summer there was a major uptick in US military flights over the region, however, during the past month there seems to have been fewer of these provocative sail-throughs.<\/p>\n<p>Prior angry denunciations from Beijing related to\u00a0American spy aircraft observed in the region, sometimes even shielding any identifying characteristics to appear like civilian aviation, which the PLA has said is dangerous given the possibility of &#8216;mistaken&#8217; incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese military has repeatedly charged that the US Navy has &#8216;frequently&#8217; deployed warships in\u00a0the\u00a0South China Sea\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>&#8220;show off its force and severely infringe upon China&#8217;s sovereignty and security interests,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0according to a quote in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8824635\/Chinese-military-accuses-provocative-actions-South-China-Sea.html\"><em>The Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/disputedparacel.jpg?itok=TjX_86vw\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/disputedparacel.jpg?itok=TjX_86vw\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/disputedparacel.jpg?itok=f_6q4Cj7 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/disputedparacel.jpg?itok=f_6q4Cj7 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/disputedparacel.jpg?itok=f_6q4Cj7 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/disputedparacel.jpg?itok=f_6q4Cj7 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/disputedparacel.jpg?itok=f_6q4Cj7 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/disputedparacel.jpg?itok=TjX_86vw 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/disputedparacel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"388\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5abd81af-1af0-4aea-a977-8fcab321b259\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon response has typically been that it&#8217;s conducting peaceful &#8216;freedom of navigation&#8217; operations to ensure adversaries adhere to international law for open waters.<\/p>\n<p>China has over the past years used both artificial islands as well as expanding military bases on the tiny land masses to extend its maritime claims, butting up against that of American allies in the region like the Philippines or unrecognized Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Blasts Latest US Navy Deployment Near Paracel Islands: &#8220;Halt Provocations!&#8221; China again put the United States on notice on Friday, warning the Pentagon to &#8220;halt provocations&#8221; in the South China Sea. This after the latest incident involving the\u00a0US destroyer John McCain sailing near the disputed Paracel Islands\u00a0administered and militarized by China. Illustrative image: Guided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[130,18034,12785,9791,9790,1439,1442,20683,827,11226,4318],"class_list":["post-55277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-china","tag-freedom-of-navigation","tag-paracel-islands","tag-peoples-liberation-army","tag-pla","tag-south-china-sea","tag-taiwan","tag-the-daily-mail","tag-united-states","tag-us-pentagon","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55278,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55277\/revisions\/55278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}