Chinese and USA battle for world media credibility.
US ‘plays innocent’ after near collision at sea - CHINA - Globaltimes.cn
A Chinese military expert has criticized the US government as playing
innocent after a US guided missile cruiser that has been getting too
close to a Chinese navy drill in the South China Sea nearly collided
with a Chinese warship.
"Bad guys always claim innocence first," a Chinese source that was
familiar with this confrontation, told the Global Times on Sunday,
adding that the American missile cruiser had entered within 45
kilometers of the inner defense layer of the Chinese fleet that day.
"The
USS Cowpens was tailing after and harassing the Liaoning formation. It
took offensive actions at first towards the Liaoning formation on the
day of the confrontation," said the source.
Chinese Paper Says US Ship Harassed Chinese Fleet | Military.com
BEIJING -- An official Chinese newspaper on Monday accused the U.S.
Navy of harassing a Chinese squadron earlier this month, shortly before a
near collision that marked the two nations' most serious sea
confrontation in years.
There has been no direct comment from China's Foreign Ministry or
defense officials on the Dec. 5 incident in the South China Sea, where
the USS Cowpens was operating in international waters. The U.S. ship, a
10,000-ton Ticonderoga-class cruiser, maneuvered to avoid the collision,
the U.S. Pacific Fleet has said.
Tensions continue to bubble beneath the surface in the South and East China Seas | News.com.au
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