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China sends naval forces to monitor US warship near disputed shoal

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BEIJING, China – China’s military said on Tuesday, October 20, it had sent forces to watch a US warship that “illegally” entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.



China views almost all of the busy waterway as its own territory, despite overlapping claims by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam, with recent tension most pronounced between Beijing and Manila.



The Chinese military’s Southern Theater Command said the Charleston &#8

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