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BEIJING: An angry Beijing warned off a US warship after it sailed near an artificial island in the disputed South China Sea in the latest operation aimed at loosening the Asian giant鈥檚 grip on the strategic waterway.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the actions of the USS John S. McCain had violated Chinese and international law, 鈥渟eriously鈥� impairing the country鈥檚 sovereignty and security.
鈥淐hina is strongly dissatisfied with this,鈥� Geng said in a statement, adding that Beijing would lodge an official protest with Washington.
The USS John S. McCain destroyer sailed within six nautical miles of Mischief Reef 鈥� an artificial island built by China 鈥� on Thursday as part of a 鈥渇reedom of navigation鈥� operation, a US official said.
The reef is part of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, which is the scene of rival claims between China and neighboring countries.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the US official told AFP a Chinese frigate sent radio warnings at least 10 times to the USS McCain.
鈥淭hey called and said 鈥榩lease turn around, you are in our waters鈥�,鈥� the official said. 鈥淲e told them we are a US (ship) conducting routine operations in international waters.鈥�
The official said the interactions were all 鈥渟afe and professional,鈥� with the operation lasting about six hours from start to finish, but Geng said such operations 鈥渟eriously endanger lives.鈥�
The freedom of navigation operation was the third of its kind carried out by the US since President Donald Trump took office in January.
The US move came four days after the US, Australia and Japan denounced Beijing鈥檚 island-building and militarization of the South China Sea on the sidelines of a security forum of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Manila.
A security think tank, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), released satellite images on its website which it said showed that China was expanding artificial islands, contradicting Beijing鈥檚 assurance that it stopped such activities two years ago.
China claims nearly all of the sea, through which $5 trillion in annual shipping trade passes and which is believed to sit atop vast oil and gas deposits.
Its sweeping claims overlap with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei 鈥� all ASEAN members 鈥� as well as Taiwan.
But in recent years Beijing has managed to weaken regional resistance by courting some ASEAN members.
On Sunday China scored a coup when ASEAN ministers issued a diluted statement on the dispute and agreed to its terms on talks at the Manila meeting.
China insists that a much-delayed code of conduct between it and ASEAN members over the disputed sea must not be legally binding, a demand to which Southeast Asian countries have so far acquiesced.
Chinese defense ministry spokesman Wu Qian said the situation in the South China Sea has 鈥渟tabilized鈥� due to the 鈥渏oint efforts鈥� of China and neighboring countries but the US operation threatened 鈥減eace and stability in the region.鈥�
鈥淭he US military鈥檚 provocative actions will only encourage the Chinese military to further strengthen the defense capacity building and firmly defend national sovereignty and security,鈥� Qian said.
The operation also comes amid soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula over Pyongyang鈥檚 missile program, and as the US seeks to push China into more assertively restraining North Korea.
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Logan declined to comment on whether there had been a freedom of navigation sailing but he said the US would continue to do such operations.
鈥淎ll operations are conducted in accordance with international law and demonstrate that the United States will fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows,鈥� he said.