“In the South China Sea, frankly, the Chinese fishing fleet, the Chinese coastguard and the (navy) overmatch their neighbors,” Thomas said.Īsked about Thomas’s statement, China’s Foreign Ministry called on all countries to avoid raising tension. navy officer in Asia, said in an interview.
“I think allies, partners and friends in the region will look to the Japanese more and more as a stabilizing function,” Admiral Robert Thomas, commander of the Seventh Fleet and the top U.S. Extending surveillance flights into the South China Sea would almost certainly increase tension between the world’s second- and third-largest economies. Regular patrols by Japanese aircraft only reach into the East China Sea, where Japan is at loggerheads with China over disputed islands. TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States would welcome a Japanese extension of air patrols into the South China Sea as a counterweight to a growing fleet of Chinese vessels pushing China’s territorial claims in the region, a senior U.S.
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