The question following the recent close encounters between guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG-73), the U.K. Royal Navy’s amphibious ship HMS Albion and Chinese naval ships in the South China Sea is if Beijing is changing their posture toward foreign navies in the region,a Pacific maritime expert said Monday. “Imagine if that incident occurred as [Decatur] entered” the 12-mile claimed waters around the disputed territory “rather than while leaving,” referring to the action in which a People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer passed within less than 100 yards of the American ship, Bonnie Glaser, director of the China Power Project at the … Continue reading Panel: Chinese Warships Acting More Aggressively Towards Foreign Navies in the South China Sea