It has become a case of international "He said/She said," with the United States on one side saying:
…Chinese ships harassed a U.S. surveillance ship Sunday in the South China Sea in the latest of several instances of "increasingly aggressive conduct" in the past week.
and the Chinese on the other side saying:
"The U.S. navy vessel concerned has been in China’s special economic zone conducting illegal surveying activities," said a statement from the Chinese embassy in Washington, reported by the website of Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television (news.ifeng.com).
"China cannot accept these baseless accusations. China demands that the United States halt all illegal surveying activities," said the statement.
It wasn’t too long ago the Chinese barred U.S. Navy ships access to Hong Kong.
But this time, we have Hillary Clinton on the job to deal with the Chinese. (Hope she doesn’t give them too much.)
