Title:

 Trump’s Pentagon Plans Challenge Chinese Claims in South China Sea

Author:

Kristina Wong

Source:

Breitbart

Date:

July 20, 2017 

Description:

President Trump approved a Pentagon plan this year that will require regular challenges to China’s excessive maritime claims in the South China Sea, Breitbart News has learned. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sent the plan to the White House in April that outlines a schedule for the whole year of when U.S. Navy ships will sail through international waters China illegally claims, according to a U.S. official.