在北京告诉华盛顿不要挑战它对南海水道的主权后，美国开始派遣航母战斗群前往南海巡航。

　　China says the sea which is resource-rich and a $5 trillion shipping lane for Asia is almost entirely under its control and has been militarizing islands there in an effort to bolster its claim over a host of other countries.

　　中国称这条资源丰富每年有5万亿美元货物经过的水道都在自己控制之下，并且为了镇住该地区声称主权的其他国家，中国还对某些岛屿进行了军事化。

　　Trump is now continuing Obama's practice of sending US carriers through to assert that the sea is international waters and has sent in the USS Carl Vinison.

　　特朗普在正在延续奥巴马的政策，那就是派遣航母卡尔-文森号来支撑南海是国际水域的论调。