CHINA-US: PLAN "EXPELS" US WARSHIP FROM WATERS NEAR XISHA ISLANDS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
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Senior Colonel Li Huamin, spokesperson of the PLA Southern Theatre Command, said (May 26) that the PLA Southern Theatre Command organised naval and aerial forces to follow the US guided missile destroyer USS Mustin when it illegally trespassed into China's territorial waters off the Xisha Islands on May 21 without authorisation from the Chinese government. Analysts quoted by Global Times (May 28) said US provocations like this proved China's increased defense budget is well justified.
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