China defends close encounter with American warship

good evening and thanks for joining us on this Sunday we begin tonight with new tensions between Global Rivals today China's defense minister aggressively defended sailing a warship directly in front of an American missile destroyer speaking at a summit in Singapore he warned the West to stay out of waters and airspace near China's borders the dangerous close encounter happened in the Taiwan Strait separating Taiwan from China cbs's Elizabeth Palmer leads us off tonight addressing an audience of Global Security officials China's defense minister General Lee Shang Fu had some blunt advice for the United States keep your ships and planes away he said he was reacting to criticism of an incident in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday when a Chinese warship crossed the course of an American Destroyer so close it had to slow down to avoid a collision last week a Chinese fighter plane pulled a similar maneuver in front of an American reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea without trying to justify the actions General Lee said to avoid similar incidents the U.S should steer clear of areas around China mind your own business he said but the U.S sees routine patrols of the air and sea of mainland China as very much its own business to underscore its position that this is International Space open to everyone at a conference banquet on Friday General Lee shook hands with the American Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin but China declined a formal meeting and that said secretary Austin is dangerous meanwhile the U.S and Chinese militaries continue to operate close to one another speaking to reporters off camera secretary Austin called on Chinese leaders to rein in dangerous conduct in case an accident spiraled out of control Elizabeth Palmer CBS News Tokyo

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Length: 2min 5sec (125 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 04 2023