US forces will keep operating in South China Sea ‘as long as international law allows’
There will also be no retreat from Washington’s pivot in Asia regardless of who wins November’s presidential election, says vice president Joe Biden
US military forces will continue to operate in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, the US Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson said during a visit to a Chinese naval base on Wednesday.
US military forces will continue to operate in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, the US Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson said yesterday during a visit to a Chinese naval base.
China has refused to recognise a law of the sea tribunal ruling in The Hague that invalidated its vast territorial claims in the South China Sea and did not take part in the proceedings brought by the Philippines.
China has repeatedly blamed the United States for stirring up trouble in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway through which more than US$5 trillion of trade moves annually.
China, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam all have rival claims, of which China’s is the largest.
