US Weighs Right-of-Passage Display in South China Sea

U.S. officials say the Pentagon is considering sending U.S. military ships and aircraft to assert freedom of navigation in the South China Sea — a direct challenge to China, which is rapidly manufacturing artificial islands in the disputed territorial waters. “We claim the right of innocent passage in such areas, and we exercise that right regularly, both in the South China Sea and globally,” David Shear, assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security...

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