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From BBC.co.uk
I wonder what's behind this?
Five Chinese ships have manoeuvred dangerously close to a US navy vessel in the South China Sea, the US government has said.
US officials said the incident came after days of "increasingly aggressive" acts by Chinese ships.
These violated international law on respecting other users of the seas, a Pentagon spokesman said.
A protest was expected to be delivered to the Chinese military attache at the Pentagon on Monday.
The ships had "aggressively manoeuvred" around the USNS Impeccable "in an apparent co-ordinated effort to harass the US ocean surveillance ship while it was conducting routine operations in international waters", a Pentagon statement said.
The US ship sprayed the Chinese vessel with water from fire hoses to try to force it away, according to US officials.
But they said the Chinese crew stripped to their underwear and carried on approaching to within 25ft (8m).
No immediate response from the Chinese government was reported.
I wonder what's behind this?