China to conduct military drills in South China Sea amid tensions with U.S.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

By Reuters Staff

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday it will conduct military exercises in the South China Sea this week, just days after Beijing bristled at a U.S. aircraft carrier group’s entry into the disputed waters.

U.S. carrier group enters South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions

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The U.S. military said the carrier strike group was in the South China Sea to conduct routine operations “to ensure freedom of the seas.”

The American Nimitz class naval aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sits at anchor in Stokes Bay near Portsmouth in April 2009.Chris Ison / Associated Press

Jan. 24, 2021

By Reuters

TAIPEI — A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote “freedom of the seas,” the U.S. military said on Sunday, at a time when tensions between China and Taiwan have raised concern in Washington.

Taiwan reports large incursion by Chinese air force

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JANUARY 23, 2021

By Reuters Staff

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan’s air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion, the island’s Defence Ministry said.

China Strengthens Navy Base In South China Sea For Aircraft Carriers

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Aug. 26, 2020

H I Sutton

Aerospace & Defense

I cover the changing world of underwater warfare.

New intelligence suggests that China will soon have its aircraft carriers permanently based in the South China Sea. The Chinese Navy, known as the PLAN (People’s Liberation Army Navy), is strengthening a strategic base on Hainan. It appears that a gigantic dry dock is being built, big enough for an aircraft carrier. Together with a pier already visited by the carriers, this suggests that they will be stationed there. Currently the carriers spend a lot of their time further north.

U.S. rejects nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea

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By ASSOCIATED PRESS

JULY 13, 2020

WASHINGTON — 

The Trump administration escalated its actions against China on Monday by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea.