BEIJING: Chinese media denounced the US on Wednesday after Washington sent a warship into disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) waters and vowed to do so again, while netizens filled the Internet with diatribes, demanding a far stronger reaction from Beijing.

The disputed waters have become the stage for a burgeoning tussle between the world’s two largest economic and military powers as they struggle for regional dominance.

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