Two U.S. bombers flew over the South China Sea on Friday as President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping prepare for a possible meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Germany. The U.S. Air Force said in a statement the two B-1B Lancers made the flight from after training with Japanese jet fighters in the East China Sea, according to Reuters. China has made claims to nearly all of the South China Sea, which holds strategic international shipping routes. The USS Stethem, a guided-missile destroyer based in Japan, sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, which is part of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. It was the second time the Trump administration had made a freedom of navigation patrol since taking office in January.

Source: Fox News July 07, 2017 08:03 UTC