The area was formed during a Chinese military exercise, whose sovereignty was being fought. After the US condemned China’s move, Beijing claimed that the US was a “breaker and trouble maker” in the region.
The controversy erupted when ballistic missiles were fired during an exercise during a test by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
The Pentagon dismissed Banting’s actions as “unfavorable to tensions and stability.”
Beijing’s territorial claim to the South China Sea has been fought by six of its neighbors.
The U.S. refused to accept China’s claim to be the world’s busiest shipping lane.
The United States and other Western powers are sending warships on patrol in the region to denounce Chinese sovereignty and demonstrate “freedom of navigation.”
To strengthen its claim, China is building military bases, including airspace, on the natural and artificial islands of the fighting region.
China’s foreign ministry has reacted angrily to US condemnation of its missile tests.
At a press conference, his spokesman Zhao Lijian said the exercises were a routine arrangement carried out by the Chinese military off the coast of China.
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“The U.S. side must stop causing trouble and create discord in the South China Sea and play a constructive role in safeguarding regional peace and stability.”
Tensions between China and the US have risen in recent months over Beijing’s treatment of Kovid-19, trade, Hong Kong, the South China Sea and its Uighur minority.
Mr. Zhao added that in the South China Sea, U.S. The actions of “harm China’s sovereignty and security interests as well as the general order of navigation”.
He claimed: “The U.S. is sending large-scale advanced warships, fighter jets and spy planes to the South China Sea to demonstrate its power and engage in military provocations.”
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that tensions between the two countries could escalate into open conflicts ahead of the November US presidential election.
He spoke at the La Trobe University Melbourne program “The China Challenge: Can the New Cold War Be Avoided?” Claimed on the title.
Mr Rude commented: “There is a real danger that the bilateral relations between the two countries will be disrupted by diplomatic relations and the erosion of all forms of political capital.
“If you have a collision with another ship, if the plane collides with another plane … then the plane comes down with you or what happens next is a crisis with the ship.”
Earlier this year, China imposed new security laws on Hong Kong, stripping it of much of its British territory.
In response, Washington called on Hong Kong’s U.S. Abolished the special trade status with and instead treats it like other parts of China.
