TRANSIT OF WARSHIP LEADS TO A WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE US AND CHINA

Highlights

• Beijing said that the American vessel was “warned away” from the contested waters by its naval forces

• The US said that the warship “USS Curtis Wilbur was not ‘expelled’ from any nation’s territory” from near the Paracel islands in the South China Sea

Calling it as a violation, China on Thursday slammed the latest transit by a US warship via the dis....