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| China hits out at US on navy row | China hits out at US on navy row |
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| China says a US Navy ship involved in a confrontation with its vessels off the southern island of Hainan violated international law. | |
| Beijing's comments follow a formal US complaint to China's military attache at the Pentagon over the incident, which happened on Sunday. | Beijing's comments follow a formal US complaint to China's military attache at the Pentagon over the incident, which happened on Sunday. |
| The US said five Chinese ships manoeuvred dangerously close to an unarmed navy surveillance vessel. | The US said five Chinese ships manoeuvred dangerously close to an unarmed navy surveillance vessel. |
| A Chinese spokesman said that the claims were "totally unacceptable". | A Chinese spokesman said that the claims were "totally unacceptable". |
| "The US claims are gravely in contravention of the facts and confuse black and white," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told a regular news briefing. | |
| The US said the incident happened as the USNS Impeccable was on routine operations in international waters 75 miles (120km) south of Hainan island. | |
| The ships "aggressively manoeuvred" around the 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. |