China to 'crush' foreign encroachment in South China Sea: military official
Washington and Beijing have verbally sparred over China's increasingly assertive approach in disputed maritime regions, including the South China Sea. In recent months, Chinese vessels have engaged in a series of high-profile confrontations with Philippine ships in the waters, which Beijing claims almost in their entirety despite an international court ruling that its assertion has no legal basis. Speaking to a small group of journalists including AFP at the Xiangshan forum, Chinese army Lieutenant General He Lei said... Читать дальше...