The US Navy this week finally made good on its promise to challenge Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. By sending an American warship within 12 miles of an artificial island that China has constructed, Washington underscored that it does not recognise Chinese claims to territorial waters lying thousands of miles from its mainland. Beijing’s reaction to the voyage of the USS Lassen was shrill — accusing the US of acting illegally and urging it to refrain from further “dangerous” and “provocative” actions.
美國海軍本週終於兌現了其挑戰中國在南中國海領土主張的諾言。通過派遣一艘軍艦駛入中國建造的一個人工島12海里範圍內，美國明確表明了自己不承認中國對距中國大陸數千英里以外的水域的主權聲索。中國對美國海軍「拉森」號驅逐艦(USS Lassen)此次航行行動反應強烈——譴責美方此舉爲非法，敦促其不得采取進一步的「危險、挑釁」行爲。
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