China's military says it ‘drove away' US destroyer in South China Sea
The destroyer had entered the waters 'without the approval of the Chinese government' on Wednesday, the military's Southern Theater Command said in a statement.
The US Indo-Pacific Command and its embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to requests for comment. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, despite overlapping claims by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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