CHINA-US: U.S WARSHIP NEAR SCARBOROUGH REEF IN SOUTH CHINA SEA FOR FIRST TIME
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Bloomberg News reported (April 10) that the U.S. sent the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship outfitted last year with F-35B jets, to join the annual Exercise Balikatan with the Philippines this month. It was the first time a U.S. warship joined drills near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a feature occupied by China since a tense standoff in seven years ago, sending a pointed message to China. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a briefing in Beijing on April 10, that he hopes “non-regional forces don’t stir up troubles in the South China Sea.”
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