UK Navy Ship to patrol South China Sea irking Beijing
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Britain plans to send a warship to the disputed South China Sea next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday, a move likely to anger Beijing.
Britain would increase in presence in the waters after it sent four British fighter planes for joint exercises with Japan in the region last year, he said.
China claims most of the energy-rich sea where neighbors Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims.
