WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering sailing warships close to China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea to signal it does not recognise Chinese territorial claims over the area, a U.S. defence official said on Thursday.
The Financial Times newspaper cited a senior U.S. official as saying U.S. ships would sail within 12-nautical-mile zones that China claims as territory around islands it has built in the Spratly chain, within the next two weeks.
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