On the one hand, the White House has constantly wielded the "tariff" stick to engage in trade wars with China; on the other hand, the US Congress has introduced the so-called "Hong Kong-related bill" and "Xinjiang-related bill" to frantically interfere in China's internal affairs. In addition, the United States has continuously sent warships into the South China Sea to provoke China's territorial sovereignty. Just recently, American warships came again.
According to US media reports, the US Navy recently released a set of pictures of drones taking off and landing on the littoral combat ship "Gabriel Gifford". It can be seen that on the surface of the sea not far from the ship, a Type 054A guided missile frigate of the Chinese Navy is monitoring the ship. It is reported that this set of pictures was taken on December 24, and the shooting location is located in the south China Sea. According to the information released by the US Navy, the "Gabriel Gifford" littoral combat ship is currently carrying out deployment missions in the Asia-Pacific region, and on December 21, the ship also carried out maritime replenishment operations in the South China Sea with the supply tanker "Pecos".
All along, in the name of so-called "freedom of navigation," the United States has repeatedly sent warships to invade the South China Sea and provoke China's territorial sovereignty. According to US media reports, on November 20 and November 21, 2019, two US warships entered the Waters of the South China Sea. According to another Pentagon release, the US coastal combat ship "Gabriel Gifford" and the guided-missile destroyer "Meyer" entered the waters adjacent to China's Nansha Island Reef and the Xisha Islands on November 20 and 21 respectively to carry out "free navigation" in the waters of China's Nansha Islands and Reefs. It is reported that after the discovery of the US warship, China quickly organized naval and air forces to track and monitor the US warship and warned it to drive away.
China has responded forcefully to the provocative move of US warships to invade the South China Sea. According to Xinhua News Agency, after the US warship invaded the South China Sea on November 20-21 and was driven away, a spokesman for the Southern Theater said that recently, under the banner of "freedom of navigation," the US side has frequently sent ships and planes to the South China Sea to cause trouble, and we urge it to stop such provocative and adventurous acts so as to avoid unexpected incidents. In addition, the spokesman also stressed that China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea Zhudao and its adjacent waters, and no matter what tricks and tricks the US ships and planes play, the Chinese military is determined and capable of safeguarding national sovereignty and security and maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea.