PLA Southern Theatre Command says USS Higgins was warned to leave the area where two Chinese ships reportedly collided this week.

PLA Southern Theatre Command says USS Higgins was warned to leave the area where two Chinese ships reportedly collided this week.

This comes after a Chinese warship crashed into one of its own country's coast guard vessels as it chased a patrol boat belonging to the Philippines

BEIJING: China’s military said on Wednesday it monitored and “drove away” a US destroyer that sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the busy waterway of the South China…

USS Higgins and USS Cincinnati sailed near Scarborough Shoal after Chinese tried to drive away Philippine vessel

Beijing protests over USS Higgins’ presence near Scarborough Shoal while American navy says its presence is lawful.