The U. More exercises involving the U. France's participation is especially significant because of the distance from its home base, 6, kilometers 3, miles away in Toulouse, commander of the Carrier Strike Group Rear Adm. Jacques Mallard was quoted as saying. China is one of six regional powers that claims the strategic South China Sea in part or in whole, ignoring a ruling by a United Nations-backed court that tossed out most of its claims and building human-made islands equipped with airstrips and other infrastructure of military use.
China's coast guard and maritime militia frequently clash with ships from fellow claimants Vietnam and the Philippines. The waterway is also believed to be sitting atop vast undersea deposits of oil and gas and while China says it wants to come to a negotiated agreement about the use of the sea, such efforts have made little progress. China says the U. Beijing is especially angered over U.
South Korean spy satellites recently detected a telltale sign of Chinese expansionism in the Yellow Sea: a new structure. Democratic Senator Andy Kim N. The president lashed out at the pop star on his social media website. Andy Kim, D-N. The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a controversial security deal, in defiance of warnings from New Zealand.
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