MOMENT CHINESE WARSHIP NEARLY CRASHES INTO A US DESTROYER IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT
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The US military accused a Chinese navy ship of cutting across the bow of its guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon twice, forcing it to slow down to avoid collision. Video taken by Canadian news outlet Global News showed the Chinese warship speeding towards the American vessel, coming within 140 metres of its path. China’s defence chief on Sunday rebuked the United States for acts of “provocation” near its territory a day after a near miss between a US warship and the Chinese Navy in the Taiwan Strait. Asked about the incidents during his first international address at a security summit in Singapore, General Li Shangfu, China’s defence minister, laid the blame with foreign powers, accusing them of “hegemony of navigation” and warning them to stay out of China’s backyard.
