FILE -In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Coast Guard Cutter Kimball crew-member observes a foreign vessel in the Bering Sea, Sept. 19, 2022. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard District 17 via AP), File)
In this photo provided by Japan’s Joint Staff Office, the Chinese navy’s Shandong carrier task force is seen from the Japanese destroyer Akebono, on July 9, 2024, in the Philippine Sea. Four Chinese military ships were spotted in the Bering Sea off Alaska on July 10, 2024, a week after the Chinese navy began its annual joint patrol with the Russian navy in the Pacific Ocean. (Japan’s Joint Staff Office via AP)