(Reuters photo)SYDNEY - Britain plans to send a warship to the disputed South China Sea next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday, a move likely to anger Beijing. We have not finalised exactly where that deployment will take place but we won't be constrained by China from sailing through the South China Sea," Fallon said. China has repeatedly denounced efforts by countries from outside the region to get involved in the South China Sea dispute. The South China Sea is expected to dominate a regional security meeting in Manila next week, where Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries. Meeting Asean diplomats in Beijing on Wednesday, Wang told them both sides must "exclude disturbances on the South China Sea issue, and maintain positive momentum", China's Foreign Ministry said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 27, 2017 09:22 UTC