The U.S. Navy was operating in the same stretch of water this week.
U.S. treaty ally Japan said it sent ships to monitor a fleet of Chinese warships near its shores last week, the second time in a week China has sailed naval vessels through its neighbor's southwestern islands.
Washington is duty-bound to defend Tokyo's forces there under their decades-old bilateral security treaty.China's navy is the largest in the world by hull count. Thanks to the country's dominant shipbuilding industry, subject matter experts expect it to overtake the U.S. Navy by tonnage in the coming years.
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