When a Chinese warship came within 150 yards of a U.S. destroyer in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday and forced it to slow down, it was the second time in a matter of days in which Chinese and U.S. military personnel came close to a major incident.
Under President Xi Jinping, China has embarked on what U.S. officials say is one of the largest peacetime military buildups in history.
The United States says such patrols defend the right of all countries to sail in international waters. “I think what we are seeing is likely a general encouragement, maybe even incentive scheme for unit commanders to be aggressive when the opportunity presents, which is at the unit level encouraging more reckless behavior,” said Jennifer Parker, a defense expert at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
The U.S. military has long pushed China for open lines of communication with the PLA – both at senior and lower levels – to mitigate the risk that accidents become military flare-ups.
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