The Chinese military asserts it used electronic interference to expel a Dutch warship that allegedly 'illegally intruded' into waters near the disputed Paracel Islands. Beijing accused the Dutch navy of triggering a miscalculation.

China’s military said on Wednesday that it had used measures including electronic interference to drive away a Dutch warship near the disputed Paracel Islands, and in a rare move accused the Dutch navy of triggering “miscalculation”. The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Southern Theatre Command, which oversees the South China Sea, said in a post on its official WeChat account on Wednesday evening that the Dutch frigate De Ruyter had “illegally intruded into China’s Xisha Islands” and that its...