Challenge Chinese incursions — US Navy official

China’s aggressive behavior in the South China Sea must be challenged and checked, the commander of the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet said on Sunday.

“You have to challenge people, I would say, operating in a grey zone. When they’re taking a little bit more and more and pushing you, you’ve got to push back, you have to sail and operate,” Thomas said in an interview with Reuters. “He’s correct, we agree – we will still practice maximum tolerance, we will try to avoid [conflict] but we will go on with our mission,” Brawner said.Brawner also said that they increased maritime operations in the area to make sure that the movements and actions of the Chinese are being monitored.

“They should understand UNCLOS more,” he said, referring to the United National Convention on the Law of the Sea. “They should uphold it being a signatory to it.” The Philippines won its case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration against China in 2016, after a tribunal said Beijing’s sweeping claim to sovereignty over most of the South China Sea had no legal basis.

“‘The coalition and the joint exercises that we are doing are not addressed towards one specific country,” Brawner said in an interview with reporters after the ceremonies held at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig for the National Heroes Day celebration.

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