White House Threatens Beijing With “Consequences” Should Missiles Remain In South China Sea

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• White House Threatens Beijing With “Consequences” Should Missiles Remain In South China Sea
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  In what sounds eerily like a re-run of the Cuban Missile Crisis (though admittedly not nearly as dire), the US has threatened Beijing with unspecified “consequences” if China doesn’t remove missiles from islands in the South China Sea that are also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines.
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  According to the South China Morning Post, the US is seeking to verify a CNBC report from last week that China had installed anti-ship and air-to-air defenses on some of these disputed islands over the last 30 days. The missiles are reportedly stationed on Fiery Cross Reef, Subi Reef and Mischief Reef. China, for its part, has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of the missiles.
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  At a regular briefing on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying neither confirmed nor denied the deployment.
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  “China’s peaceful construction in the Spratly archipelago, including the deployment of necessary national defence facilities, is aimed at protecting China’s sovereignty and security,” she said. “Those who don’t intend to violate [this sovereignty] have no reason to worry.”
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