China says tracked US Navy ship in Escoda Shoal
BEIJING, China — China’s military said Tuesday it had sent forces to “track and monitor” a U.S. Navy vessel that sailed through disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said the USS Charleston, a littoral combat ship, had “illegally intruded into waters adjacent to Xianbin Jiao,” China’s name for the
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same PLA statement about a U.S. Navy ship in the disputed South China Sea, though it names Sabina Shoal where Report 1 names Escoda Shoal (the same feature under its Philippine nam
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