Why dangerous encounters by US and Chinese militaries look set to continue

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WASHINGTON/BEIJING, June 6 (Reuters) - When a Chinese warship came within 150 yards of a U.S. destroyer in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday and forced it to slow down, it was the second time in a matter of days in which Chinese and U.S. military personnel came close to a major incident. Late last month a Chinese fighter jet flew in front of a U.S. warplane over the South China Sea, drawing a rebuke from the United States. After the warship encounter on Saturday, the White House accused China of “growing aggressiveness”. China has said that such U.S. military activity...