As the US military was embroiled in controversy over its handling of an outbreak of coronavirus on one of its Pacific aircraft carriers, China was resuming operations in the South China Sea
In the past week, the English language website of the People's Liberation Army has posted stories on large-scale naval exercises and the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat. In addition, it also announced the ramping up of military industries in Wuhan, the original epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Trump says it was inappropriate of commander to write memo 01:32The Roosevelt's commander, Capt. Brett Crozier, was stripped of his command last week after a memo he wrote warning that urgent action was needed to protect the lives of his crew was leaked to the media.The US Navy's other aircraft carrier in the Pacific, the USS Ronald Reagan, is also facing a"handful" of positive cases, a defense official told CNN last week.
Defense secretary defends removal of Navy captain 03:32"I think China is exploiting the US Navy's coronavirus challenges to improve its position in the South China Sea by giving the appearance it can and will operate there at will while the US is hamstrung," said Carl Schuster, a retired US Navy captain and a former director of operations at the US Pacific Command's Joint Intelligence Center.China claims almost the entire 1.
CNN's rare view of contested South China Sea 02:43"We would like to share China's good practice and experience with other countries, but we will not turn it into any kind of geopolitical weapon or tool," she added. The US State Department has taken issue with that.
Xi visits Wuhan as China inches back to 'new normal' 01:07"Nor do their South China or East China Sea deployments include foreign port visits. The ships go out, do a five- to 10-day exercise and return to a military home port, where security limits if not prevents any public reporting of potential infections," he added.
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