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Spokesperson of the Southern Theater Command Navy Issues a Statement

Source-stated date: · PLA Daily (解放军报)

南部战区海军新闻发言人发表谈话

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Record history
  1. Published20 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
  2. Collected2026-10-20 17:49:14 UTC, run 175
  3. Machine readingAnalyzed
  4. AnalysisNot in a published issue's source trail

Summary

Machine summary

The Southern Theater Command Navy tracked and monitored USS Charleston (LCS-18) after it transited near Xianbin Reef in the Spratly Islands on October 20 without, in Beijing's framing, Chinese government permission. The statement follows the standard PLA template for FONOP responses — spokesperson condemnation, assertion of "indisputable sovereignty," and a readiness declaration — and documents the specific reef and ship class involved, which the headline omits. Whether the PLA deployed surface vessels, aircraft, or both during the tracking is not stated.

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10月20日凌晨，美“查尔斯顿”号濒海战斗舰未经中国政府允许，冲闯中国南沙群岛仙宾礁附近海域，中国人民解放军南部战区海军组织兵力依法依规跟踪监视。中国对南沙群岛及其附近海域拥有无可争辩的主权，美方行动侵犯中国主权权益，威胁海上安全，不利于地区和平稳定，美方应立即停止相关活动。战区部队时刻保持高度戒备，捍卫国家主权安全，维护地区和平稳定。

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DeskChina Desk
Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
Source languagezh-Hans — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-10-20
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16494830.html
Collected at2026-10-20 17:49:14 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprintf9a56e6c8aeeb59c43997d8fa8f633438f865d2a753eb6e6a4ed68c16c5e0d21 — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run175
Analysis modelclaude-sonnet-4-6
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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "南部战区海军新闻发言人发表谈话." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-10-20. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16494830.html.

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