China warns U.S. Navy after ship sails by artificial island claimed as Chinese territory

BEIJING -- China summoned the American ambassador to protest the U.S. Navy's sailing of a warship close to one of China's artificial islands in the South China Sea, in an act that challenged Chinese sovereignty claims.

China's Foreign Ministry said on its website Wednesday that Executive Vice Minister Zhang Yesui told Max Bacaus that the U.S. had acted in defiance of repeated Chinese objections and had threatened China's sovereignty and security..

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Someone wrote a check with their mouths that their a$$ can't cash. Not good for world peace.