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| Five Chinese ships have manoeuvred dangerously close to a US navy vessel in the South China Sea, the US government has said. | Five Chinese ships have manoeuvred dangerously close to a US navy vessel in the South China Sea, the US government has said. |
| US officials said the incident came after days of "increasingly aggressive" acts by Chinese ships. | US officials said the incident came after days of "increasingly aggressive" acts by Chinese ships. |
| These violated international law on respecting other users of the seas, a Pentagon spokesman said. | These violated international law on respecting other users of the seas, a Pentagon spokesman said. |
| A protest was expected to be delivered to the Chinese military attache at the Pentagon on Monday. | A protest was expected to be delivered to the Chinese military attache at the Pentagon on Monday. |
| The ships had "aggressively manoeuvred" around the USNS Impeccable "in an apparent co-ordinated effort to harass the US ocean surveillance ship while it was conducting routine operations in international waters", a Pentagon statement said. | |
| The US ship sprayed the Chinese vessel with water from fire hoses to try to force it away, according to US officials. | |
| But they said the Chinese crew stripped to their underwear and carried on approaching to within 25ft (8m). | |
| No immediate response from the Chinese government was reported. |