The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) departs Guam's Apra Harbor on June 4, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kaylianna Genier/Navy)
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote “freedom of the seas”, the U.S. military said on Sunday, at a time when tensions between China and Taiwan have raised concern in Washington.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement the strike group entered the South China Sea on Saturday, the same day Taiwan reported a large incursion of Chinese bombers and fighter jets into its air defence identification zone in the vicinity of the Pratas Islands.
The U.S. military said the carrier strike group was in the South China Sea, a large part of which is claimed by China, to conduct routine operations “to ensure freedom of the seas, build partnerships that foster maritime security”.
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WNU Editor: The Chinese are saying that this is why they sent a fleet of Chinese bombers and warplanes to the south of Taiwan yesterday .... PLA bomber swarm near Taiwan ‘likely routine operations’ (Global Times).
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