CHINA TELLS AMERICA: Turn Around The USS George Washington
China has warned against military activity near its coastline ahead of U.S.-Korea naval exercises, according to Reuters. China's Foreign Ministry said in an online posting that naval exercises risks starting a war: "We oppose any military act by any party conducted in China's exclusive economic zone without approval." North Korea has also threatened to respond to military gestures with more attacks: "The situation on the Korean peninsula is inching closer to the brink of war due to the reckless plan of those trigger-happy elements to stage again war exercises targeted against the (North)."