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China’s military said wednesday it had “hunted” a U. S. Navy warship. The U. S. navy was sailing near a set of disputed islands in the South China Sea, a move most likely to increase tensions in a region where clashes between the two militaries are becoming more frequent. According to Reuters, the destroyer USS Benfold sailed near the disputed Paracel Islands that China claims as part of its territory. The Chinese military’s Southern Theater Command claimed to have used air and naval assets to “track, monitor, warn and drive away” the U. S. warship from Chinese territorial waters. In...
