SOUTH CHINA SEA tensions rose after Germany confirmed it would sail a warship across the contested waters, despite Beijing warning the US and EU "not to launch new cold wars" on the world stage.
President Biden is calling for a "new approach" to national security to "strengthen" the United States’ advantages and "prevail in strategic competition with China," warning that Beijing is the "only competitor" potentially capable of mounting a "challenge" to the international system.
BEIJING has issued a warning to Germany after the European nation declared plans to send a warship to the South China Sea this summer as tension in the disputed region continues to build.
