China and the U.S. each released video clips that accused one another of provocative actions by the military craft within and around the South China Sea, escalating the rhetoric by both nations in the much-disputed water body.
The Chinese clip reflected that on 19 August, the USS Ralph Johnson conducted close-in harassment against a China-based navy task group working routine training in the South China Sea. It further accused the American destroyer of provocative actions like making a very...