Special to WorldTribune.com The South China Sea is “international waters” and the United States will treat it as such, the new U.S. chief of naval operations (CNO) said. “That is everybody’s sea. You know 30 percent of the world’s trade goes through the South China Sea. Nobody owns that. It’s open. It’s international waters,” Richardson […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China warned against any “provocative actions” in what it claims as its territorial waters a day after the Pentagon said it was considering sending warships close to China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea. A U.S. defense official on Oct. 8 said that American ships would navigate within 12-nautical-mile zones around […]
Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has called on China to stop construction on artificial islands in the South China Sea as U.S. surveillance showed Chinese artillery positioned on one of the islands. Carter said on May 27 that China’s action of reclaiming 2,000 acres of land where military bases are being built […]