On Edge: Beijing Warns US of the Dangers of Spying in South China Sea

Tuesday, July 21, 2015
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
21.07.2015

As the United States increases its provocative actions in the South China Sea, Beijing has repeatedly urged for calm. Following a controversial surveillance flight over the weekend, Beijing has reiterated these pleas, cautioning that any kind of accident in the region could be the spark in an already volatile tinderbox.

On Saturday, the new commander of the US Pacific Fleet boarded a seven-hour surveillance flight over the South China Sea. Observing the capacities of the P-8A Poseidon, the Pentagon’s most advanced spy plane, Adm. Scott Swift said he was confident in the Navy’s ability to respond to any regional threat.

“Where there are disputed claims, we don’t take a position,” Swift said, according to USA Today. “But we will continue to exercise the rights of the United States and any nation to conduct operations in international waters.”

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