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Solon calls on China, US to demilitarize South China Sea “Would a Chinese warship go to the Gulf of Mexico to make a show of strength?” he added. In 2015, five Chinese Navy ships sailed in international waters in the Bering Sea off Alaska, in an apparent first for China’s military that came as then-U.S. President Barack Obama toured the U.S. state. The U.S. Navy has been regularly conducting what it calls “routine” transits of the Taiwan Strait. Washington has expressed its concern about a pattern of Chinese intimidation efforts in the region, including towards Taiwan, reiterating that the U.S....
