China seizes US Navy underwater drone in international waters of South China Sea

[rickyross]

'It is ours. It's clearly marked as ours. We would like it back, and we would like this not to happen again', says Pentagon spokesman

The Pentagon says a Chinese warship has seized a US Navy underwater drone collecting unclassified data in international waters in the South China Sea.The incident has prompted a formal démarche from the United States and a demand for its return.

It is the first such seizure in recent memory and took took place on 15 December northwest of Subic Bay, just as the USNS Bowditch – an oceanographic survey ship – was about to retrieve the unmaned underwater vehicle (UUV), a US official told Reuters.

China seizes US Navy underwater drone in international waters of South China Sea | The Independent

[rickyross]

Beijing says it will return seized drone in ‘appropriate manner’, while US president-elect Donald Trump accuses China of theft

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplo...-china-sea-say

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[mrgoodkat]

China hits back over seized US Navy drone after Donald Trump tweet | The Independent

The next time somebody steals your bike, don't hype it up.

[Char Siu King]

Stop the tweets, Donald.

[HK_Katherine]

Since the Donald doesn't appear to take the office of President very seriously, perhaps we should just not take him seriously either? And somebody needs to point this out to China...

[rickyross]

Bill Bishop, a Washington DC-based China expert, said he sensed “abject despair” in the US capital at how Trump was now conducting US-China relations through misspelled tweets.

“This is unpresidented behaviour by a precedent-elect,” joked Bishop. “It would be funny if the stakes weren’t so high.”

China should plan to take Taiwan by force after Trump call, state media says Read more “This is not a business deal. This is a political relationship between nuclear powers who are already on the path towards conflict in several dimensions,” added Bishop, who publishes the influential Sinocism newsletter.

“This kind of uncertainty, this kind of petulance, this kind of random tweeting… is not a grand strategy that is going to push the Chinese onto their heels so they are going to make concessions. This is juvenile, immature, inexperienced behaviour that has the potential to lead to many problems in the US-China relationship, some of which could have some pretty serious and damaging ramifications.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...se-state-media