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China protests against US Navy destroyer entering South China Sea waters
China on Friday protested against a United States destroyer entering into disputed South China Sea waters.The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain on Friday carried out a freedom of navigation operation in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, after a sail-through of the Taiwan Strait on Thursday with Chinese warships following the transit.It was the first such operation under the presidency of Joe Biden.The US warship had entered within the 12 nautical miles of the…