The USS Chafee (pictured here docked at China Merchants Wharf, Kennedy Town in Hong Kong) conducted a freedom of navigation patrol near Chinese claimed islands in the South China Sea, on October 11, 2017. Photo: Dickson Lee
The USS Chafee (pictured here docked at China Merchants Wharf, Kennedy Town in Hong Kong) conducted a freedom of navigation patrol near Chinese claimed islands in the South China Sea, on October 11, 2017. Photo: Dickson Lee
South China Sea
Asia /  Diplomacy

US destroyer sails near disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea

The USS Chafee sailed close but not within the 12 nautical mile range of the islands

Reuters
Reuters

Updated: 10:47am, 11 Oct, 2017

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The USS Chafee (pictured here docked at China Merchants Wharf, Kennedy Town in Hong Kong) conducted a freedom of navigation patrol near Chinese claimed islands in the South China Sea, on October 11, 2017. Photo: Dickson Lee
The USS Chafee (pictured here docked at China Merchants Wharf, Kennedy Town in Hong Kong) conducted a freedom of navigation patrol near Chinese claimed islands in the South China Sea, on October 11, 2017. Photo: Dickson Lee
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