BEIJING - Chinese media on Thursday slammed the United States for "ceaseless provocation" in the South China Sea and said China's military should be "ready to launch countermeasures." In a rebuff to China on Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the US military would sail and fly wherever international law allowed, including the disputed South China Sea.

China warns US on patrols in disputed sea. (2015, October 16). Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. A1, A19.