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BANGKOK: The United States denied Chinese claims Thursday that its military had driven away an American guided-missile destroyer from operating around disputed islands in the South China Sea, in an incident that comes as tensions in the region between the two powers continue to rise. The US Navy's 7th Fleet said that a statement from China's Southern Theater Command that it had forced the USS Milius away from waters around the Paracel Islands — called Xisha by China — was "false." "USS Milius is conducting routine operations in the South China Sea and was not expelled," said Lt. j.g. Luka...
