BEIJING – Chinese and British Navy warships had encounter in the SouthChina Sea, media has reported.
British Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands claimed by China in theSouth China Sea late last month.
China said Britain was engaged in “provocation” and that it had lodged astrong complaint.
The HMS Albion, a 22,000 ton amphibious warship carrying a contingent ofRoyal Marines, passed by the Paracel Islands in recent days, two sources,who were familiar with the matter but who asked not to be identified, toldReuters.
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The Albion was on its way to Ho Chi Minh City, where it docked on Mondayfollowing a deployment in and around Japan.
One of the sources said Beijing dispatched a frigate and two helicopters tochallenge the British vessel, but both sides remained calm during theencounter.
