Chinese State Media: China Should 'Fire Shots And Ram U.S. Warships To Teach Them A Lesson'

U.S satellite images surfaced this week showing advanced air defence missile system on the Chinese controlled Woody Island in the Paracels

South China Morning Post: China ‘should fire shots at US warships near disputed islands, or even ram them to teach them a lesson’

Getting tough with trespassers in the South China Sea would be good for peace in the disputed region, says Communist Party mouthpiece

Chinese forces should fire warning shots or even deliberately collide with American warships that sail close to the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea, according to a commentary published online by state media.

Beijing must take tough action to “teach the US a lesson” if the latter continues in its bold acts, said the article posted on the social media account of People’s Daily’s overseas edition.

Tensions over the oil-rich region reached a new high after USS Curtis Wilbur entered waters within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island in the Paracels last month. Pentagon said it was exercising the right to freedom of navigation in open seas.

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Update: Chinese media calls for government to 'fire shots and ram U.S. warships to teach them a lesson' over disputed South China Sea islands (Daily Mail)

WNU Editor: This is not going to cool tensions in the South China Sea.