美航母部署有爭議南海測試中國決心

The US has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to patrol the South China Sea days after Beijing told Washington not to challenge its supposed ownership of the waterway.

在北京告訴華盛頓不要挑戰它對南海水道的主權後，美國開始派遣航母戰鬥羣前往南海巡航。

China says the sea which is resource-rich and a $5 trillion shipping lane for Asia is almost entirely under its control and has been militarizing islands there in an effort to bolster its claim over a host of other countries.

中國稱這條資源豐富每年有5萬億美元貨物經過的水道都在自己控制之下，並且爲了鎮住該地區聲稱主權的其他國家，中國還對某些島嶼進行了軍事化。

Trump is now continuing Obama's practice of sending US carriers through to assert that the sea is international waters and has sent in the USS Carl Vinison.

特朗普在正在延續奧巴馬的政策，那就是派遣航母卡爾-文森號來支撐南海是國際水域的論調。