BEIJING, May 10 -- "The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) illegally trespassed into the territorial waters of China's Xisha Islands without the Chinese government's permission on May 10, and the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command organized naval and air forces to track, monitor and warn it off in accordance with the law and regulations," said Air Force Senior Colonel Tian Junli, spokesperson for the PLA Southern Theater Command, in a written statement on Friday.
He slammed that the US action has seriously violated China's sovereignty and security, adding that this is yet another irrefutable evidence of the US 'navigation hegemony' and 'militarization of the South China Sea', and fully demonstrates that the US is nothing but the 'security risk maker in the South China Sea' and the 'biggest destroyer' of peace and stability in the South China Sea.
"The troops of the PLA Southern Theater Command will always stay on high alert and resolutely safeguard China's national sovereignty and security, as well as peace and stability in the South China Sea," stressed the spokesperson in the end.
北京5月10日南部战区新闻发言人田军里空军大校表示，5月10日，美“哈尔西”号导弹驱逐舰未经中国政府批准，非法闯入中国西沙领海，中国人民解放军南部战区组织海空兵力，依法依规跟踪监视并警告驱离。美方行径严重侵犯中国主权和安全，是其大搞“航行霸权”、制造“南海军事化”的又一铁证，充分说明美是不折不扣的“南海安全风险制造者”，是南海和平稳定的“最大破坏者”。战区部队时刻保持高度戒备，坚决捍卫国家主权安全和南海地区和平稳定。
