China ship made 'unsafe' action near US vessel

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 05, 2023 12:13 am

WASHINGTON: A Chinese Navy ship maneuvered in an 'unsafe manner' near an American destroyer transiting the Taiwan Strait, the US military said Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

It is the second close encounter between American and Chinese military assets in less than 10 days, following what the US military said was an 'unnecessarily aggressive maneuver' by one of Beijing's fighter's near one of Washington's surveillance planes last week.

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