US navy warship defies Beijing to sail past South China Sea islands steve_watson Posted on October 27, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Featured Stories, Tile Chinese foreign ministry says US has acted ‘illegally’ as USS Lassen comes within 12 nautical miles of Spratly archipelago. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email