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US Warship Defies China with Sabina Shoal Transit as Tensions Boil Over

CLAVE 1 / 4The USS Charleston, an Independence-class littoral combat ship, transited near Sabina Shoal, a reef claimed by both China and the Philippines.

CLAVE 2 / 4China’s PLA Southern Theater Command dispatched units to track the US vessel, calling its passage an "illegal intrusion."

CLAVE 3 / 4Beijing rejected a 2016 international tribunal ruling that invalidated its claims within the Philippine exclusive economic zone.

CLAVE 4 / 4Philippine lawmakers demanded the expulsion of China’s ambassador after he warned Manila could "easily win" a conflict.

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