China Sends Naval Forces to Monitor US Warship Near Disputed Shoal

China's ‌military said on Tuesday it had sent forces to watch a U.S. warship that "illegally" entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. China views almost all of the ‌busy waterway as its own territory, despite ​overlapping claims by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam, with recent tension most pronounced ⁠between Beijing and Manila. The Chinese military's Southern Theatre ​Commmand said the Charleston "illegally intruded" into waters adjacent to ⁠Sabina Shoal in the Spratly Islands without Chinese government approval in the early hours of Tuesday. "The US action infringes upon China's ‌sovereign rights and interests,...