CHINA TO EXPRESS ‘SOLEMN POSITION’ ON US PATROL

BEIJING: China will express its “solemn position” on a US warship that sailed within 12 nautical miles of one of its man-made islands in the South China Sea during a teleconference with US officials, defence ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said at a briefing yesterday. US chief of naval operations Admiral John Richardson and his Chinese counterpart Admiral Wu Shengli are set to hold a video teleconference after a US warship challenged Beijing’s territorial assertiveness in the disputed waterway this week. – Reuters