China says it sent naval forces to monitor US warship near disputed South China Sea shoal
Photo: New York PostChina's military said on Tuesday it sent naval forces to monitor a US warship that it said had unlawfully entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The characterization of the entry as illegal comes from the Chinese military. Separately, farther north in the same waterway, Taiwan reported a standoff with a Chinese vessel. The reports do not include a US response or say how the encounter ended.
Left-leaning outlets tracked by Crosswire had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. Right-leaning coverage, in the New York Post, leads with China's announcement and adds the Taiwan-reported standoff with a Chinese vessel. Alternative coverage, from Reuters, centers on the Chinese military's statement alone, with no mention of the Taiwan standoff in its excerpt. Both rely on China's military as the source and relay its claim that the entry was illegal; neither excerpt includes a US account.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered it; alternative sources report China's statement alone, while right sources add Taiwan's report of a standoff with a Chinese vessel.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
Reuters leads with the Chinese military's statement that it sent naval forces to watch a US warship near a disputed shoal, relying on China's account.
The New York Post leads with China's statement about watching the US warship, then adds Taiwan's report of a standoff with a Chinese vessel farther north.