Chinese military said that the United States warship illegally entered Chinese waters near the Paracel islands.
"We urge the United States to immediately stop such provocative actions," the People's Liberation Army's Southern Theatre Command said in a statement.
At the start of July, the Chinese Foreign Ministry called on the US and Japan to stop promoting the so-called Chinese threat theory and instead work toward peace and stability in the region.
Beijing has been disputing for decades with other Asia-Pacific countries on the territorial status of islands in the South China Sea with significant hydrocarbon reserves, including the Paracel and Spratly Islands.
The South China Sea and the East China Sea, situated in the Asian-Pacific region, are sources of tension for China and its neighbours, including Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines, as these nations continue to argue over the waters' maritime borders. China considers the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea as its territory, despite an international tribunal ruling that these claims have no legal basis.
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Some 20-33% of global trade by sea passes through the South China Sea. It is also home to rich fishing grounds.
Located in Southeast Asia, the South China Sea is claimed almost in its entirety by China, through what it calls the nine-dash line. China has over time militarized many low-lying islands and coral reefs in the area. But five years ago today, an international court effectively ruled Chinese claims to be illegal. Particularly in regards to Scarborough shoal, a low-lying rocky outcrop that, according to the court, falls within the Philippines’ territory.
The binding ruling by the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration was in response to the Philippines taking China to court. But China refused to acknowledge the verdict. As a result, Filipino fishermen to this day are prevented from accessing the coveted fishing areas there.
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