China says it drove away U.S. cruiser near Spratly islands

China’s military said on Tuesday it drove away a U.S. guided-missile cruiser that “illegally intruded” into waters near the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands.
Tian Junli, spokesman for the Southern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army said, “The actions of the U.S. military seriously violated China’s sovereignty and security.”
The ship in question, the USS Chancellorsville guided missile cruiser, had recently sailed through the Taiwain Strait.
Tian said the U.S. cruiser’s intrusion showed that the United States was a “security risk maker” in the South China Sea and “is another iron-clad proof of its hegemony in the navigation and militarization of the South China Sea”.
China’s military said its troops would remain on high alert, the Southern Theatre Command said on its WeChat social media account.