US destroyer sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade talks
28AM [Updated: Mon Sep 16, 2019 01:42AM ]/ A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Friday (September 13), the US military said, a move likely to anger Beijing. The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the US-Chinese relationship, which include an escalating trade war, American sanctions on China's military and US relations with Taiwan. Commander Reann Mommsen, a spokeswoman for the US Navy's Seventh Fleet, told Reuters that the destroyer Wayne E. Meyer challenged territorial ...
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