Ndege yekuAmerican U-2 yekuongorora ndege yakatyora kurambidzwa kwakanyanya kwakaitwa nevakuru veChinese munzvimbo yePacific yakagadzirirwa kurovedzwa kwemauto. Mhinduro yechiChinese inoguma: "Kwaive kutsamwiswa kuri pachena".

Pakanga pasina kushaikwa kwekudzokorora. Chinese Navy yaisa chiratidzo chekumanikidza nekupfura imwe yemabara matsva e ballistic akagadzirirwa kuparadza vatakuri venhandare saizi dzeAmerica. Dhipatimendi reDziviriro muUS, kuburikidza nePentagon rakati: "Kuitisa kufambisa kwemauto munzvimbo inokakavadzana yeSouth China Gungwa inopesana nekuedza kudzikisa kusagadzikana uye kuchengetedza kugadzikana. Takambokunyeverai kare: zviito izvi zvinokanganisa dunhu ”.

Pentagon saka yakaendesa ndege dzinoverengeka kuti dziitise mamwe maekisesaizi pamwe nevePacific vanobatana kuti vadzokerezve kusarerekera kwekufamba munzvimbo iyoyo yegungwa. Yakatumirawo cruiser pamberi peSpratley Islands, nzvimbo inonzi neChina uye nenyaya yekukakavadzana nedzimwe nyika dziri munzvimbo iyi. Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines neTaiwan, inonyora Repubblica, ine kodzero kumvura idzodzo, dzinoyambuka nemigwagwa yevatengesi uko zvinhu zvemadhirioni matatu emadhora zvinofamba gore rega rega. Beijing yakapindura nekuunganidza ngarava dzayo munzvimbo nhatu dzakasiyana, kusanganisira nendege yazvino inotakura, kumushandirapamwe we "mabara chaiwo" kupfura.

Iye zvino mutakuri wenhandare yenyukireya Ronald Reagan anoenderera mberi nerwendo rwake muJapan, uko Esper akasvikawo kuzokurukura nezvekusimbaradza kubatana pakati pemauto enyika mbiri, achisimbisa kuti chibvumirano chakafanana chekuchengetana chine chekuita nezvezviwi zvinopokana neBeijing. China inoita kunge inotyisa, zvinoshamisa kuti yakazivisa mamwe maekisesaizi, aine pfuti chaidzo, pamberi pemahombekombe ekumabvazuva, yambiro yekuzvimirira kweTaiwan.