China protests latest US Navy mission in South China Sea

BEIJING (AP) — China says it dispatched ships and planes to track the passage of the U.S. guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea. The People’s Liberation Army accused the U.S. ship of trespassing into Chinese territorial waters on Friday near the Paracel Islands. A spokesperson for the PLA Southern Theater Command was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency that Beijing demanded the U.S. end such missions, say