A file picture of a jet landing on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier while on patrol in the South China Sea. Photo: AP
A file picture of a jet landing on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier while on patrol in the South China Sea. Photo: AP
South China Sea: Background
China /  Diplomacy

Chinese spy ship shadows US, Japanese, Indian naval drill in Western Pacific

Patrol comes amid tension between China and the US over Beijing’s increasingly assertive sovereignty claims in the South China Sea

Reuters
Reuters

Updated: 1:08pm, 15 Jun, 2016

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A file picture of a jet landing on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier while on patrol in the South China Sea. Photo: AP
A file picture of a jet landing on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier while on patrol in the South China Sea. Photo: AP
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