Earlier this year, five Chinese vessels were involved in a stand-off with a survey ship from the US navy off China's Hainan Island.

今年早些时候，五艘中国舰艇在中国的海南岛与一艘美国海军的侦察船相对峙。

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For President Obama, a stand-off in the South China Sea between an American naval ship and five Chinese vessels is not such an emergency.

ECONOMIST: With an Impeccable sense of timing