This week near the South China Sea in international waters a Chinese ship took an underwater US drone. The ship had been following the US vessel the Bowditch. The US drone was on no espionage mission but was rather only there for oceanic research and statistics. The government in DC has requested that China return the drone. The motives of the Chinese government for stealing this drone are currently unknown.
This article was written by Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne from CNN on December 16th. It was written to educate the public on current US- Chinese tensions. The main recent issues (Including the drone) have been over islands in the South China Sea region. Hopefully the reasons China had for taking the drone. Washington issued an official statement requesting the drone back, but China's response is unknown. This incident can be synthesized to when german submarines would sink US ships before World War One. The US government won't take as drastic measure but there are definite similarities between the issues.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/16/politics/chinese-warship-underwater-drone-stolen/index.html
China and the U.S. are the two super powers of the world and thankfully it was returned today with no issues.
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