In the ongoing saga that has pitted the People’s Republic of China against the United States in a pissing match hosted by the South China Sea, China has moved once again. This time, on their native soil, and with one of America’s very own: American ambassador Max Baucus (pictured above).

In a tactic akin to calling a third grader to an elementary school’s principal’s office, the communist country’s leaders — namely their Foreign Ministry officials and Executive Vice Minister Zhang Yesui — summoned Baucus to “protest the U.S. Navy’s sailing of a warship close to one of China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea, in an act that challenged Chinese sovereignty claims” — according to The New York Times.

(We’ve been covering the tense narrative extensively on the blog recently, click here to read past posts)

While there are many details regarding their “talk”, Zhang did remark on the ministry’s website that the “provocative” tactic put Chinese personnel and infrastructure on the isle in harm’s way.

The Pentagon has neither confirmed nor denied the meeting.

Stay tuned to the blog for more on this developing story.