The spokesperson for the Southern Theater of Operations made a statement on the US ship's trespassing in the territorial waters of Xisha

On May 10, Senior Colonel Tian Junli of the Air Force, spokesperson for the Southern Theater, said that on May 10, the US guided-missile destroyer "Halsey" illegally entered China's territorial waters in the Xisha Islands without the approval of the Chinese government. The Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army organized naval and air forces to track, monitor and warn to deport in accordance with laws and regulations. The US's actions seriously violated China's sovereignty and security, which is another ironclad evidence of its "navigational hegemony" and "militarization of the South China Sea." It fully demonstrates that the US is an uncompromising "risk-maker" in the South China Sea and the "biggest destroyer" of peace and stability in the South China Sea. The troops in the theater are always on high alert and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and security and peace and stability in the South China Sea. (Southern Theater)