US warships head for South China Sea after standoff from Times Online

A potential conflict was brewing last night in the South China Sea after President Obama dispatched heavily armed American destroyers to the scene of a naval standoff between the US and China at the weekend.

Mr Obamas decision to send an armed escort for US surveillance ships in the area follows the aggressive and co-ordinated manoeuvres of five Chinese boats on Sunday. They harassed and nearly collided with an unarmed American vessel.

Washington accused the Chinese ships of moving directly in front of the US Navy surveillance ship Impeccable, forcing its crew to take emergency action, and to deploy a high-pressure water hose to deter the Chinese ships. Formal protests were lodged with Beijing after the incident.

On a day that Mr Obama and his senior officials met the Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, in Washington, Beijing showed no sign of backing down. Its military chiefs accused the unarmed US Navy ship of being on a spying mission.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5898650.ece

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[patrick9311]

US is defending Philippines from China. That's is all happening.

[nweatherlow]

Cold war between the Soviet Union and Russia?!

[AlkalineZ3]

US is displaying its true colours - but who could blame them? it's a nation built upon christians whom in the first time in history nearly wiped out a whole entire human native race. This is Americans respect to all nations not just the middle-east. Fucking yankie bitches don't even realise because of them we're heading towards WWIII and if they think UK has their backs anymore? NO WAY WE ARE ALREADY DISTANCING OURSELVES AND FOCUSING ON OUR PEOPLE AND NOT THE LIARS WHO LEAD US TO AN ILLEGAL WAR!

[DeDanielAOM]

I hate china and usa

[bazk124]

@sfsd911 stfu and go read about Algebra and who invented it, you dumb ameri-cunts are a bunch of conceited pieces of gold plated shit. China can rape Ameri-cunts any given day. now go cry to ur mommy

[PhiloAmericana]

@fastkillmmm Knock out our carrier and find yourself nuked.

[fastkillmmm]

US warships? Oh yeah attack China then, let's see how our Chinese DF21D missiles rape their US aircraft carriers though.

[TH7596]

Giant ship, not shit...sorry xD

[TH7596]

Realy Beijing? Spying? with a giant shit clearly visible to anyone with a 40 miles.

[maxlol0]

@sfsd911 the powers are on our side.so what can u losers do?telling lies about china?XD that won't do anything bad on China.XD u are such a loser