China asks U.S. to stop surveillance

Reuters reported today that China has “called on the United States to reduce and eventually halt air and sea military surveillance close to its shores ….”

The request came in the wake of a recent series of territorial disputes.

Five times this year, Chinese vessels have confronted U.S. surveillance ships in Asian waters, the U.S. Defense Department said in May. China said the U.S. vessels had intruded its territory. There has since been a sixth incident.”China believes the constant U.S. military air and sea surveillance and survey operations in China’s exclusive economic zone had led to military confrontations between the two sides,” the [Chinese Defense] Ministry said.”The way to resolve China-U.S. maritime incidents is for the U.S. to change its surveillance and survey operations policies against China, decrease and eventually stop such operations.”

Such requests from China come with increasing frequency and boldness. They are another indication of China’s increasing boldness as it flexes its military muscle. The speed with which China has refined and expanded its military potential has shocked many analysts, and Bible prophecies reveal that this development will build to a dramatic conclusion.