BEIJING: China will "crush" any foreign incursion into its sovereign territory including in the South China Sea, a senior Beijing military official said on Thursday (Sep 12) on the sidelines of a defence forum. "We hope that the South China Sea will remain a sea of peace," Chinese army Lieutenant-General He Lei told a small group of journalists including AFP at the Xiangshan forum. But, he added, "if the United States moves its pawns behind the scenes, if it pushes countries to the front line,