Pentagon has “disinvited” PLA Navy from RIMPAC 18

Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Logan says the PLA Navy has been disinvited from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise.

Chinese navy multirole ship Hengshui (FFG 572) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following the conclusion of Rim of the Pacific 2016. 160805-N-AI605-117
By Petty Officer 1st Class Rebecca Wolfbrandt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Logan says this was “an initial response to China’s continued militarization of the South China Sea.”